Kenya Power FY2026 results: practical lessons for EV charging

Kenya Power’s 18 September 2026 results release reported electricity sales of 12,777 GWh for the year ended 30 June 2026, up 12.05%. It reported revenue of KSh 238.24 billion and profit after tax of KSh 24.99 billion. Those figures describe the utility’s business across its customers.

For a buyer choosing an electric car, the next questions are local: where the car will charge, how the meter will be billed and whether the installation can recover the day’s energy before the next departure. National sales growth can support planning for more electricity use, but your ownership budget needs those site-level answers.

Read the results at the right level

Electricity sales are energy delivered over a period. A charger’s electrical demand is power at a particular time. A company-wide revenue or profit figure cannot show the spare capacity of a transformer serving an apartment, an office or a depot.

Assess system capacity using dated utility or regulator data with a clear definition of available generation and peak demand. A national capacity measure still needs to be paired with a site assessment before specifying charging equipment.

Confirm the tariff for the actual account

Kenya Power said in its 4 June 2026 customer-transition announcement that it was moving EV-charging customers to dedicated e-mobility metering. That announcement quoted KSh 16 per unit at peak and KSh 8 off-peak. These are dated announced energy rates; they are not a November all-in cost promise for every meter.

Ask Kenya Power to confirm the applicable tariff category, metering arrangement, time bands and current conditions for your connection. Include adjustments, taxes, levies and any applicable fixed or demand charges. At a public charger, check the operator’s complete selling price as well as parking or session fees.

Turn the bill into a transport cost

Track electricity used by the charger and kilometres driven over the same period. If the meter records 200 kWh for 1,000 km, consumption is 20 kWh per 100 km. At an illustrative complete electricity cost of KSh 30 per kWh, that is KSh 600 per 100 km, or KSh 6 per km. These assumed inputs are not a tested result for a particular vehicle.

Metered energy includes the charging energy paid for. If you instead use a vehicle-dashboard consumption figure, allow separately for energy lost during charging. Keep public charging costs separate so an occasional high-price stop does not disappear inside a home-charging assumption.

Set a charging window that serves the journey

Write down the next departure time and the energy normally needed. Check whether the vehicle or charger can schedule charging and whether that function works with the software available in Kenya. Where an applicable tariff offers cheaper hours, schedule within those confirmed windows while keeping enough charge for the next trip.

A car needing 20 kWh during an eight-hour overnight stay needs an average of 2.5 kW delivered across that window, before any additional allowance for losses or interruptions. The final circuit and charger design belongs with a qualified electrical professional. The example explains why an overnight user may not need the largest charger.

Check the property and supply before ordering equipment

• At an apartment or rented office, agree parking access, landlord consent and who owns and pays the meter.

• Have the installer assess existing load, available capacity, earthing, protective devices and cable routes.

• Confirm the car’s exact AC and DC connector types and charging limits.

• Obtain a written installed-cost scope and a proposed connection arrangement.

• Keep commissioning records, drawings, warranties and operating instructions.

For fleets, plan around the next departure

A depot should combine arrival times, route energy and departure priorities in one schedule. Managed charging can distribute power between vehicles within an agreed site limit. Ask what the system does after an outage or communications failure and how staff will identify vehicles that have not charged.

Set a practical contingency for a delayed charge: spare vehicle, verified compatible public site or a changed departure plan. Check a public charger’s operation and access before relying on it for an essential journey. A national financial result cannot replace that operating plan.

Use measured evidence before expanding

Review the first bills against the quote and record charging failures or missed departures. Homeowners can use the records to improve scheduling; fleet managers can use them to decide whether the next chargers or vehicles are justified. The relevant result is a vehicle ready for work at an understood KSh cost.