A Kenya Power employee carries out repairs on Haile Selassie Road, Mombasa. Electricity consumption fell last month as users began feeling the pinch of higher energy prices on discontinued subsidies and a weakening shilling.
Electricity consumption fell last month as users began feeling the pinch of higher energy prices on discontinued subsidies and a weakening shilling.
The energy regulator raised the fuel cost charge (FCC) to Sh6.79 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity up from Sh4.63.
Electricity consumption fell last month as users began feeling the pinch of higher energy prices on discontinued subsidies and a weakening shilling.
Data from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) shows power use declined to 1.099 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in September from 1.11 billion units that were consumed in August after power prices were increased for the first time in 10 months.
