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Epra plans to limit Kenya Power blackout to 20 a year per customer

Blackout

A dark Kisumu street in a past power blackout. Epra proposes to limit the number of times a customer is hit by a blackout to 20 in a year.

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • 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.