Stellanjoroge

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

NJOROGE STELLA WANGARI

BSCE/1514/2011

KENYA ELECTRICITY GENERATING COMPANY

JANUARY 2014 TO APRIL 2014

ACKNOWLEGDEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. INTRODUCTION OF THE ORGANIZATION

Kenya Electricity Generating Company – KenGen history dates back to 1954. Then, the Kenya Power Company (KPC) was registered and commissioned to construct the transmission line between Nairobi and Tororo in Uganda and develop geothermal and other generating facilities in Kenya.

In january 1997, the management of KPC was formally separated from KPLC as a result of reforms in the energy sector and the entire economy. The terms of restructuring the power sector effectively resulted in a separation of functions,

with the KPC responsible for power generation and the KPLC transmission and distribution.

On October 2 1998, the KPC was re-launched under a new name and corporate identity, The Kenya Electricity Generating Company ltd. KenGen was born. lt took charge of  all public-owened power generating plants. KenGen is the leading producer of electric power in Kenya.

The company produces about 80 per cent of electricity consumed in the country from a number of sources – hydro, geothermal, thermal and wind. Hydro is the leading source, with 677.3 MW or 72.3 per cent of the company’s capacity.

KenGen, therefore, accounts for more than 80 per cent of the country`s total installed generation capacity. The Government owns 70 per cent of the shareholding and the public 30 per cent. lt is the main generator of electric power with an installed capacity of 1,016  mega watts of hydropower, geothermal, thermal and wind.

kenGen address is

Stima Plaza, Phase III, Kolobot Road, Parklands

P O Box 47936-00100,...