Paul Arithi 
- Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is set to invest KES.258 Million towards the promotion of e-Mobility in the Country;
Key Highlights;
- Up to Kshs.258 Million Investments in putting up the electric vehicle (E.V) cahrging stations and purchase of electric vehicles and motorcycles in the next 3 years
- EV Charging station set up at Stima Plaza at a cost of Kshs 6.5 Million.
- Kshs.20 Million aanual bugdet set up for addiotional EV charging stations in various locations across the country.
- Two Heavy-Duty electric vehicles were acquired at a cost of Kshs.18 Million
The Kenya Power will invest up to Kshs.258 Million in the next three years to drive the electric vehicles uptake in the Country .The investment includes the cost of setting up the charging stations at various locations across the Country and the purchase of electric vehicles and motorbikes to aid company operations.
As part of this plan,the Company has unveiled an electric vehicle (EV) charging station located at Stima Plaza,Parklands which has been set up to at a cost of Kshs.6.5 Million.The charging station comprises two chargers;a 50 kW DC(1 hour charging time) and a 22 kW AC( 2 hour charging time) charger.
It is the second EV charging station that is owned by KPLC after a similar one that is located at the Ruaraka Depot which hosts the Company’s transport section.
”The future of transport in electric and as a Company,we are very excited to be leading the conversations around the e-Mobility.
Alongside our need to charge the electric vehicles,we intend to use the EV charging stations to collect data that will inform the next step of the support to the growing e-Mobility industry ”said KPLC MD & CEO Dr.(Eng.) Joseph Siror.
In addition to the EV charging station at Stima Plaza,Parklands,Kenya Power will install extra 9 charging stations by end of July 2024 at various Company offices Countrywide;including in Nairobi-Electricy House along Aga Khan Walk,Donholm,Nakuru,Mombasa,Mtito Andei,Kisumu,Eldoret Roysambu and Ragati.
This will be with additional budget of Kshs.20 Million to set up the Electric Vehicle(EV) charging stations at all the offices in the country as well as 10 more facilities annually by the Year 2025 and 2026,added the CEO.
KPLC has also launched the two electric-Heavy Duty vehicles that will be deployed for routine operations.The vehicles were purchased at a cost of Kshs.18 Million .The utility firm intends to scale up the number of electric vehicles in its fleet through the purchase of an additional 9 electric vehicles (heavy and light duty) and 25 electric motorcycles by the end of December 2024.
In 202,the Utility Firm completed the pilot of 13 electric motorcycles in its fleet in partnership with UNEP,an exercise that offered invaluable lessons on e-Mobility.Tis came after the energy firm piloted the use of electric -powered forlklifts and pallet stackers at its warehouses for 2 years between year 2016 & 2018.
KPLC is gearing on implementing the e-Mobility tariff that was approved by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) during the recent electricity Tariff review a part of its initiatives to drive the uptake of electric vehicles (EV),motorcyclesand bicycles.To further accelerate the uptake of E-mobility it has championed the Annual E-mobility Conference(AEC) that brings together players in the industry to deliberate on a frame work that will promote the growth of the Sector.
