Kenya power technicians working on a transformer.[photo/ The Star.]
Kenya's demand for the electricity grew to maximum for the last three years following the increased connectivity.
The latest data released by the electricity distributor Kenya Power shows that the power consumption in the country hit the peak of 1,710 megawatts for the first time in the year ending June 30 which is an increase of 7.8 percent from 1,586 megawatts consumed a year earlier.
The entity also noted the connectivity of customers to the national grid grew to 6.2 million currently, from one million in 2010 showing a six-fold jump over a period of seven years.
From last year, the public entity has been connecting homes to electricity at a much cheaper price of Ksh 15,000 down from Ksh 35, 000, which is a strategic program by the government to lit up more homes.
Despite the increased sales, Kenya power maintained a paltry profit growth that stagnated at Ksh 7.2 billion following what they argued to have been caused by the higher operating and maintenance costs on its expanded distribution network.
The Kenya's power consumption, however, rose to 2,370 megawatts in the year ending June as compared to 2,341 megawatts recorded in the last year.