The government will cut the amount of power lost during transmission to 15 per cent. It said different power sector entities, including the power producers - Kenya Power and the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) - would look into ways to “improve the efficiency of the energy supply system and delivery infrastructure”. The ministry’s report noted that power system losses stood at 23 per cent as of June 2019, having risen over the years from 16 per cent in 2010 and 17.5 per cent in 2005. Industry experts have in the past estimated that one per cent of power losses translate into a revenue loss of Sh1 billion for the utility firms. The system losses comprise technical – due to the state of infrastructure – and commercial – as a result of theft mainly from consumers.

Source: Standard Digital September 16, 2020 21:01 UTC