Kenya Power under pressure to upgrade its ageing infrastructure and cut reconnection times during unplanned outages.
Epra proposes to limit the number of times a customer is hit by a blackout to 20 in a year.
Electricity distributor Kenya Power faces pressure to upgrade its ageing infrastructure and cut reconnection times during unplanned outages under new proposals by the energy sector regulator.
In a drastic shift, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) proposes to limit the System Average Interruption Frequency Indicator (SAIFI) – the number of times a customer is hit by a blackout – to 20 in a year.