The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has lifted the annual KPLC maintenance fee from the shoulders of consumers.
KPLC announced that the consumers will not pay the sh.150 monthly fixed charge in its first ever electricity review charges since 2012/2013 tariffs.
“To ensure that there’s equity and consumers pay for power only when they consume, all fixed charges for all consumer categories have been removed. This is meant to reduce the many cost items in the customer bills & simplify understanding of the bills,” ERC wrote in a statement.
The new tariff which takes effect immediately, also reduced the price of tokens per unit.
“The overall unit cost of power reduce from Kshs 17.77/KWh in 2017/18 to Kshs 16.64/Kwh 2018/19 representing an overall reduction of costs by 6% over the Tariff Control period,” the commission wrote.
