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Taskforce wants Ketraco to control energy mix

 Kenya Power building

Kenya Power building along Aga Khan Walk, Nairobi in this picture taken on August 15, 2021. 

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The taskforce lamented frustration by management of Kenya Power in giving it access to crucial documents required for its mandate.
  • Kenya Power faces accusations of giving dispatch priority to expensive thermal power producers as compared to cheaper sources.

Kenya Power will lose its control on energy mix should new proposals meant to lower the cost of electricity be implemented.

The proposal is one of the recommendations by the John Ngumi-led Presidential Taskforce on Review of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) that was appointed in March to look into the causes of the sky-high electricity prices and propose practical solutions.