Electricity bills set at 54pc

The costs of electricity for clbad households average will increase until Wednesday by 54 percent when new billing

Poor households that consume less than 10 units per month and the very rich, who burn more than 1500 units, will however benefit from lower bills according to the tariff structure announced Monday by the Energy Regulatory Commission. [19659006] Rates come into effect on August 1 for prepaid users and July 1 for those with postpaid meters.

The regulatory body withdrew the fixed fee Sh150 payable to Kenya Power for connection to the meter. fluctuations

Fluctuations have been a source of many consumer complaints.

The tariff increase is good news for Kenya Power, which pushed for higher rates, citing increased operating costs and the need for more "In order to ensure viability Financial, economic feasibility and a sustainable and affordable tariff, the Commission has approved an increase in revenue requirements from 120 billion shillings to 13 billion shillings, "said Pavel, director general of the ERC. Oimeke says

In the new plan, houses that consume 50kW of electricity per month will pay 1,067 shillings, against 6.95 shillings (19659009). This is based on all charges charged on electricity bills, including 16 percent VAT and households that consume 200 units will pay 4,268 shillings, up from Sh 4121.

These two groups Consumers are the focal point of Kenya's National Bureau of Statistics.

In addition to rising operating costs and finances, Kenya Power was troubled last year with a 10 billion shillings hole when the government put a brake on price hikes. electricity

. Consumers, who happens to be the majority, will benefit from double-digit declines. More than half of Kenya Power's customers – approximately 3.6 million – are in this segment.

A user of 10 devices, for example, will pay Sh169 a month, down from 278 shillings. Those who consume 500 units a month separate from Sh. 1072, a decrease of 3%.

Previously, households consuming less than 50 units paid Sh.50 per unit.

Those who consumed between 51 and 1,500 Sh12.75 units per unit while those who consumed more than 1,500 units paid Sh20.57.

In recent months, the government has been hot and cold on reducing the cost of power.

Only last week, Energy PS Joseph Njoroge said that a drastic reduction in electricity bills should be expected from September when Lake Turkana's wind power will be connected to the national grid . "The focus is on monitoring the transmission line and we expect it to be completed by the end of next month." Njoroge said in an interview to Citizen TV

He added that an agreement with a new contractor allowed taxpayers to save 1 billion shillings in monthly fines that were to be paid to the LTWP for ineligibility of energy

. with the company to delay the co-dating of the date of commercial operation of fines until the end of next month.