Nairobi, July 15 -- Kenya Power will take up an extra 200 megawatts (MW) of power in December 2026 under a power purchasing agreement (PPA) with Ethiopia to plug a gap in supply.

Kenya Power currently has a running 20-year PPA with the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP), which was signed in 2022, allowing for the supply of 200MW of electricity priced at $0.65 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), or approximately Sh84.03 per kWh.

"We are taking up an additional 200 megawatts in December, at the same price. The 200 megawatts that Kenya is going to buy from Ethiopia from December, to bridge the generation and supply gap," David Syengo, General Manager in charge of network management, told Business Daily.

This means that from December 2026, Kenya Po...