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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.
Kenya imported 51,000 bbl (8,100 m 3) per day of refined oil products in 2011, according to KNBS. Kenya has a product pipeline system that transports petroleum products from Mombasa to inland areas. [31] [30] Kenya had one of the largest crude oil refineries in East Africa, the 90,000 bbl (14,000 m 3) per day Mombasa refinery. The refinery ...
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]
Station Location Type Capacity ()Commissioned Kipevu I Thermal Power Station: Heavy fuel oil: 63: 1999 Tsavo Thermal Power Station: Heavy fuel oil: 75 [33]: 2001 Nairobi South Thermal Power Station
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]
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]
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Rosemary Oduor (born c. 1967), is a Kenyan electrical engineer and corporate executive, who works as the managing director and chief executive officer of Kenya Power and Lighting Company, in acting capacity, since August 2021. Before her current assignment, she worked as the general manager of commercial services and sales at the power company. [1]