Industries Have Been Put on Notice Over Energy Management.
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) says upto 1500 industries have not complied with the law by not conducting energy audits on their properties.
Both large and medium scale industries have been urged to comply with the new rules that requires them to conduct energy use audits after every three years.
Auditors approved by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority will conduct the audits and then file them with the regulator.
The auditors will inspect, survey and analyze energy flows for conservation in a building. They will process a system to reduce the amount of energy input into the building without negatively affecting the output.
The regulator said half of the 3000 targeted players in the country have not complied with the law putting the submission level to 50 percent.
The industries are required to come up with their own energy policy statements and even put forward energy managers and submit audit reports and implementation plans to EPRA.
Industries based in Nairobi and its surroundings account for 60 percent of the total country`s electricity consumption. Ksh 43 million is lost daily through inefficient electricity consumption equipment mainly by industries, commercial buildings, hotels and institutions such as universities and hospitals.
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