Cost of power to come down as generation from hydro surges

In April this year, electricity costs made yet another major leap following the implementation of the new tariff. The impact has been a jump of about 50 per cent in the power cost from Sh21.87 per unit in August last year to Sh33.10 in November this year for households consuming more than 100 units.

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) yesterday said it had increased generation from hydropower plants that had in turn reduced the amount of thermal power being fed into the grid.