Business Daily | by John Mutua
Electricity consumers will pay Sh1.20 more per unit or an extra Sh1 billion to Kenya Power this month on increased compensation to expensive diesel plants, piling pressure on households.
The energy regulator has raised foreign exchange and fuel adjustment surcharges it levies on March electricity bills, hitting household budgets at time when petrol prices have hit a nine-year high.
The fuel surcharge has increased to Sh3.54 per kilowatt hour (kWh) from February’s Sh2.61, rising to the highest levels in 19 months…
