Sharp Daily
No Result
View All Result
Saturday, June 28, 2025
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Banking
  • Investments
  • Technology
  • Startups
  • Real Estate
  • Features
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team
Sharp Daily
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Banking
  • Investments
  • Technology
  • Startups
  • Real Estate
  • Features
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team
No Result
View All Result
Sharp Daily
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Kenya Power increase voltage to combat technical losses

Austin Wekesa by Austin Wekesa
February 28, 2024
in News
Reading Time: 1 min read

Voltage along Kenya Power’s transmission lines is poised to undergo a twofold increase as the company endeavors to mitigate the substantial annual financial losses stemming from technical inefficiencies.

In the electricity transmission sector, there exists an inverse relationship between voltage and current, where higher current levels lead to increased heat generation, thereby resulting in energy loss.

Consequently, companies within the industry strive to minimize such losses by elevating the voltage, consequently reducing current flow and mitigating energy dissipation along power lines.

Joseph Siror, the Managing Director of Kenya Power, emphasized this strategy, stating, “If you double the voltage that you use to move power, you reduce the technical losses by a quarter.”

RELATEDPOSTS

Let’s power rural Kenya’s economic revival

April 29, 2025

Kenya Power targets 150,000 new customers in Phase VI of last mile project

April 9, 2025

The necessity for such measures is underscored by Kenya Power’s escalating losses, which reached 23% by June 2023, with half attributed to technical inefficiencies such as leakages, and the remainder arising from commercial issues like power theft in informal settlements.

Addressing the challenges associated with reducing technical losses, Dr. Siror highlighted the prohibitive costs involved, particularly in implementing measures such as replacing copper wires to diminish resistance, a primary cause of heat generation.

Kenya Power’s technical losses are exacerbated by the predominance of low-voltage distribution lines, which account for the majority of its infrastructure, in contrast to a relatively small portion of high-voltage transmission lines that exhibit lower resistance and consequently fewer technical losses.

These developments have been instigated in response to directives from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), which has mandated a reduction in the permissible level of losses that Kenya Power can pass on to consumers through tariff adjustments, lowering it from 19.9% to 18.5%.

Thus, unless Kenya Power effectively addresses its system losses, it will continue to shoulder a growing burden of financial losses independently.

Previous Post

Ambiguous mandates, funding woes plague Kenya housing agencies: Report

Next Post

Judicial officers arrested over issuance of fake court receipts

Austin Wekesa

Austin Wekesa

Related Posts

News

Private vs Public Pension Funds in Kenya

June 27, 2025
Investments

Investor shift to long term bonds drives oversubscription in CBK’s reopened auction

June 19, 2025
News

The real price of Israel – Iran Conflict for Kenya.

June 19, 2025
Economy

Resilient but strained: Kenyan firms speak out in May 2025 CEO survey.

June 19, 2025
News

Co-op Bank posts KES 6.9 billion profit in Q1’2025

May 16, 2025
Agriculture And Economy
News

Lets get Kenya out of FATF list

May 9, 2025

LATEST STORIES

Private vs Public Pension Funds in Kenya

June 27, 2025

The mechanics of currency manipulation

June 27, 2025

Understanding how to access your pension savings in Kenya.

June 27, 2025

What happened to president Ruto’s economic dream?

June 27, 2025

Opinion: Populism feeds votes, not growth

June 27, 2025

Competitive advantages of small businesses

June 26, 2025

Opinion: Invest in sports for national prosperity

June 26, 2025

Ethiopia’s access to Eritrean ports is a game-changer for trade

June 26, 2025
  • About Us
  • Meet The Team
  • Careers
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
Email us: editor@thesharpdaily.com

Sharp Daily © 2024

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
  • Business
    • Banking
  • Investments
  • Technology
  • Startups
  • Real Estate
  • Features
  • Appointments
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team

Sharp Daily © 2024