Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- Kenya Power #ticker:KPLC has started the process of acquiring transformers and smart meters to be installed at boundaries of counties as it seeks to identify regions that are costing it billions of money in stolen electricity.
The utility firm wants to install metering units at boundaries of various counties to track the amount of power it supplies to every county against the consumption it bills.
Kenya Power has advertised the tender to get the metering units in its latest bid to address the perennial challenge of power losses.
"The objective of the project is to ensure that each region/county accounts for the energy supplied in their area of jurisdiction," says Kenya Power in the tender documents.
"The project will...