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Kenya Power traces its origins to 1875 when Seyyied Barghash, the Sultan of Zanzibar, acquired a generator to light his palace and nearby streets.This generator was acquired in 1908 by Harrali Esmailjee Jeevanjee, a Mombasa-based merchant, leading to the formation of the Mombasa Electric Power and Lighting Company whose mandate was to provide electricity to the island.
The company was founded on 1 February 1954 as the Kenya Power Company (KPC) and was commissioned to construct the transmission line between Nairobi and Tororo in Uganda. This was to transmit power generated at the Owen Falls Dam to Kenya. KPC was also tasked to develop electricity generating facilities in the country. [4]
The Electric Power Act of 1997 created the Electricity Regulatory Board (ERB) whose mandate was to regulate the electricity subsector in Kenya. Subsequent reforms in the energy sector informed the creation of the Energy Regulatory Commission through the promulgation of Energy Act No 12 of 2006 and revised in 2012. [2]
AGL is a special purpose vehicle formed by the consortium that owns, will design, build and operate Akiira One Geothermal Power Station, scheduled to come online in 2018. In 2014, the company received a US$950,000 grant from OPIC to offset some of the drilling expenses. [ 2 ]
Additionally, the company is in charge of designing, building, and maintaining interconnectors with neighbouring foreign countries, which enables Kenya to sell to, buy from, or transmit electricity between her neighbours, as well as to participate in the Eastern Africa Power Pool. [2]
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The future of Kenya-based Sky.Garden -- an Amazon-style marketplace for third-party merchants to sell electronics, home goods and more -- is in the balance after the startup failed to close a ...
The power generated will be sold to Kenya Power and Lighting for integration into the national grid. [4] In February 2018, the Business Daily Africa, reported that the expected commissioning of this power plant had been pushed back to December 2018, following delays. [1] The solar park sells electricity wholesale to Kenya Power at Sh5.49 per ...