KPLC Tokens Cost Beginning April 2023. The request for a review of the electricity rates that are scheduled to go into effect this week on Saturday, April 1, was recently granted by Kenya Power after being approved by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).
KPLC (as it is known to the public through its ticker at the Nairobi Stock Exchange) has divided consumers into three categories under the new pricing based on their monthly consumption.
The low consumers will be the first category (those who use up to 30 units per month).
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Those who drink more than 30 but fewer than 100 units per month go into the second category, while people who consume more than 100 units per month fall into the third.
Costs for households utilizing fewer than 30 units per month will be reduced by 3.6%, from Ksh21.99 to Ksh21.16 per unit.
With Ksh500, they will now receive 23.6 units as opposed to the 22.7 units they were previously receiving for this group of low customers.
For families who use between 30 and 100 units each month, the cost of energy will rise by at least 19%.
Token prices in this category will increase by 19%, from Ksh21.99 to Ksh26.10. Instead of receiving 45.5 units for every Ksh1,000, they will now receive 38.3.
Token prices will rise from Ksh27.92 to Ksh31.75 per unit (14% increase) for households that spend more than 100 units. One will now receive 62.9 units instead of 71.6 units for Ksh2,000.
Kenya’s Power’s proposal for a tariff revision was authorized by EPRA on the basis of a social policy
that will safeguard the most vulnerable members of society by lowering the amount that low-income households must pay (less than 30 units per month).
“To cushion and fulfill the needs of low-income households in the community, the Lifeline Tariff band has been decreased from 100 kWh per month to 30 kWh with a view to achieving the social policy objective.
As a result, in order to safeguard the weaker members of society, these customers will receive cross-subsidies from other consumer categories
Not withstanding the reduction, 6.3 million customers—or 71.31 percent of all consumers—will be included in the Lifeline Tariff band.
Not withstanding the reduction, 6.3 million customers—or 71.31 percent of all consumers—will be included in the Lifeline Tariff band.
The majority of the vulnerable sector base, commonly referred to as “hustlers,” is covered by this, the EPRA said in a statement.
The change happened a few weeks after Kenya Power, in March 2023, ceased providing a breakdown of the electricity bills.
At first, the utility company would notify each customer who purchased electricity prices. The communication would list the sums sent and received, along with a breakdown of these expenses:
- Levy on Value Added (VAT)
- Energy fee for fuel
- Charged by Forex Energy
- an EPRA fee
- Charge for inflation correction
- Charged by the Water Resources Authority (WRA)
- Charge for the Rural Electrification Program (REP)
However, KPLC declared in March that it would stop itemizing the charges and instead only show the amount paid,
the token amount, and the sum of all other charges.
The business cited multiple requests from Kenyans who wanted a less comprehensive bill.
The utility company stated that “the change has been implemented as a result of numerous engagements with the public,
including a recent poll where our customers stated they wanted a briefer statement of their energy bills.
Read more: https://www.kplc.co.ke/
