- Kenyans to pay more for electricity this month
- EPRA increased fuel cost charges from Sh 3.77 to Sh 3.88
Following the latest review of electricity prices by the government of Kenya, Kenyans are set to receive an increase in electricity charges.
On Friday, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) increased fuel cost charges from Sh3.77 last month to Sh3.88, the highest it has reached since July 2018, and the foreign exchange fluctuation adjustment from 68 cents to 76 cents per unit.
“Under Clause 1 of Part III of the Schedule of Tariffs 2018, notice is given that all prices for electrical energy specified in Part II of the said schedule will be liable to a fuel energy cost charge of Sh3.88 Kenya per kWh for all meter readings to be taken in September 2021,” Epra said on Friday.
The higher cost of power is set to further burden households when the prices of key commodities such as cooking gas, cooking oil, fuel and food have risen sharply over recent months on new taxation measures and shortages of crucial imports in the global market.