History and Milestones
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1875: Seyyied Bargash, the Sultan of Zanzibar, acquires a generator to light his palace and nearby streets.
1908: Harrali Esmailjee Jeevanjee, a wealthy merchant in Mombasa, acquires the generator and transfers it to the Mombasa Electric Power and Lighting Company.
1908: Around the same time, an engineer, Mr Clement Hertzel, is granted the exclusive right to supply electricity to the then district and town of Nairobi. This leads to the formation of the Nairobi Power and Lighting Syndicate.
1922: The two utilities in Nairobi and Mombasa are merged under a new company incorporated as the East African Power and Lighting Company (EAP&L).
1932: EAP&L acquires a controlling interest in the Tanganyika Electricity Supply Company Limited (TANESCO).
1936: EAP&L obtains generating and distribution licenses for Uganda, thereby entrenching its presence in the East African region.
1948: The Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) is established by the Ugandan Government to take over distribution of electricity in the country.
1954: The Kenya Power Company (KPC) is created - to be managed by EAP&L - for the purpose of transmitting power from Uganda through the Tororo-Juja line.
1964: EAP&L sells its majority stockholding in TANESCO to the Government of Tanzania.
1983: With its operations confined only to Kenya, EAP&L is renamed The Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited (KPLC).
1997: The functions of generation are split from transmission and distribution. The Kenya Power Company, which has been under the management of KPLC since 1954, becomes a separate entity responsible for public-funded power generation projects.
1998: The Kenya Power Company is re-launched as the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
2004: The Energy Sector Recovery Project (ESRP) is started to rehabilitate and reinforce the transmission and distribution network in order to improve the quality and reliability of supply, reduce system losses and increase access to electricity.
2007: Rural Electrification Authority (REA) is established to speed up the implementation pace of the rural electrification programme.
2008: Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) is incorporated by the government to accelerate transmission infrastructure development.
2008: The government incorporates the Geothermal Development Company tasked with developing steam fields to reduce upstream power development risks so as to promote rapid development of geothermal electric power.
2011: The Kenya Power and Lighting Company rebrands to Kenya Power.
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1875: Seyyied Bargash, the Sultan of Zanzibar, acquires a generator to light his palace and nearby streets.
1908: Harrali Esmailjee Jeevanjee, a wealthy merchant in Mombasa, acquires the generator and transfers it to the Mombasa Electric Power and Lighting Company.
1908: Around the same time, an engineer, Mr Clement Hertzel, is granted the exclusive right to supply electricity to the then district and town of Nairobi. This leads to the formation of the Nairobi Power and Lighting Syndicate.
1922: The two utilities in Nairobi and Mombasa are merged under a new company incorporated as the East African Power and Lighting Company (EAP&L).
1932: EAP&L acquires a controlling interest in the Tanganyika Electricity Supply Company Limited (TANESCO).
1936: EAP&L obtains generating and distribution licenses for Uganda, thereby entrenching its presence in the East African region.
1948: The Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) is established by the Ugandan Government to take over distribution of electricity in the country.
1954: The Kenya Power Company (KPC) is created - to be managed by EAP&L - for the purpose of transmitting power from Uganda through the Tororo-Juja line.
1964: EAP&L sells its majority stockholding in TANESCO to the Government of Tanzania.
1983: With its operations confined only to Kenya, EAP&L is renamed The Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited (KPLC).
1997: The functions of generation are split from transmission and distribution. The Kenya Power Company, which has been under the management of KPLC since 1954, becomes a separate entity responsible for public-funded power generation projects.
1998: The Kenya Power Company is re-launched as the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen).
2004: The Energy Sector Recovery Project (ESRP) is started to rehabilitate and reinforce the transmission and distribution network in order to improve the quality and reliability of supply, reduce system losses and increase access to electricity.
2007: Rural Electrification Authority (REA) is established to speed up the implementation pace of the rural electrification programme.
2008: Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) is incorporated by the government to accelerate transmission infrastructure development.
2008: The government incorporates the Geothermal Development Company tasked with developing steam fields to reduce upstream power development risks so as to promote rapid development of geothermal electric power.
2011: The Kenya Power and Lighting Company rebrands to Kenya Power.
Please click here to view the History timeline video on our Youtube Channel
