- The number of Kenya Power grid-connected customers increased to 9,852,423 following the addition of 194,654 new customers from July to December 2024.
- In the initial six months of the 2024/2025 fiscal year, Kenya’s overall electricity usage rose to 5,484.54 GWh.
- The Nairobi region reported the highest electrical usage with 2,415.44 GWh, representing 44.04% of the nation's overall energy consumption.
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The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has issued its biennial Energy & Petroleum Statistics Report for the fiscal year 2024/2025.
The report has provided key insights into electricity access and consumption across the country for the period between July 2024 and December 2024.
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The report indicates that 194,654 new customers were hooked up to the power grid, which pushed the overall count of grid-connected clients to 9,852,423 as of December 2024.
This showed a decrease from the corresponding interval of the prior fiscal year, where there were 260,257 new connections registered.
Areas exhibiting peak electricity usage in Kenya
EPRA reported that Kenya's total electricity consumption increased from 5,205.79 GWh in the first half of the 2023/2024 financial year to 5,484.54 GWh in the same period of 2024/2025, indicating rising energy demand across the country.
Nairobi region led in electricity consumption (2,415.44 GWh), which accounted for 44.04% of total consumption, an increase from 2,293.95 GWh recorded in the same period of the previous financial year.
The high demand is attributed to the concentration of industries, SMEs, financial institutions, and real estate developments in counties such as Nairobi, Kiambu, Kajiado, Machakos, and Makueni.
The coastal region ranked second, consuming 988.21 GWh (18.02% of total consumption), up from 930.05 GWh recorded in the previous period.
The Rift Valley area saw a usage of 759.42 GWh (which constitutes 13.85% of overall consumption), indicating a rise from the 705.48 GWh consumed during the prior fiscal year.
The North Eastern area (encompassing Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Kitui, and Thika) as well as the Mount Kenya zone represented 10.69% and 6.45% of overall power usage, respectively.
Western Kenya and Southern Nyanza had the least electricity usage, at 280.78 GWh (5.12%) and 110.69 GWh (1.84%) correspondingly.
Electricity usage in Kenya
Industrial consumers such as factories, tall office buildings, warehouses, docks, and train stations used 2,807.10 gigawatt-hours (which accounts for 51% of total electrical consumption). This represents a rise compared to the 2,706.10 GWh reported during the corresponding interval of the prior fiscal year.
The CI1 rate category, designed for sectors consuming more than 15,000 kilowatt-hours monthly, showed the peak electricity usage with a total of 924.11 gigawatt-hours consumed.
Household consumers ranked as the second-largest users of electricity, utilizing 1,728.19 GWh (which accounts for 31.51% of overall usage). This represents an increase from their consumption level of 1,599.33 GWh recorded in the prior fiscal year.
In the DC3 tariff category (those consuming more than 100 kWh monthly), households represented 47.2% of total household electricity usage.
Smaller commercial businesses experienced a rise in their power consumption, using 902.94 GWh (which accounts for 16.46% of overall use) compared to 843.04 GWh in the prior fiscal year.
Significantly, electric mobility, encompassing electric cars and motorbikes, showed a substantial uptick in power usage, totaling 1.81 GWh, markedly higher than the 0.32 GWh documented in the earlier timeframe.
This substantial 470% increase highlights the rising acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs) and motorcycles in Kenya.
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