The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has turned to the use of smart meters in efforts to seal revenue leakages which have been an unending issue for the electricity distributor.
So far, the company says it has installed 77,000 smart meters across the country as it expects an increase in revenue collection from larger power consumers and medium size businesses.
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As of December 2022, the company’s revenue was Ksh 86.7 billion which the company reported was a Ksh 1.1 billion loss. The 15 per cent tariff reduction that was introduced by former president Uhuru Kenyatta in order to reduce the cost of living also took a toll on the company.
“ The traditional approach is where you have a meter reader having an itinerary which covers possibly a month. Each meter reader traverses a particular path to read a number of meters to know how much a user or a consumer has used over a month. But, the moment you deploy smart meters, you are able to gather that information from the office,” said Kenya Power CEO Joseph Siror.
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He added that using smart meters will help identify those who have bypassed the meters. They will also increase accuracy in meter readings, enable prompt billing and reduce energy pilferage (electricity theft).
