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brightstar
#1 Posted : Wednesday, December 29, 2010 5:32:20 PM
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Good people, wishing you all a a PROSPEROUS new year. Now that aside I seek your advice. I live in a residential house where the electricity is connected to one house and metered from one KPLC meter. The 'clever' landlord has bought some chinese electicity meters and installed in each of the other houses and charges us for power usage based on these private meter readings. I have a feeling the guy has been topping up the charges although I have not really done my precise calculations.
Question - is this of 'reselling' of electricity legal in Kenya?
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Tommy
#2 Posted : Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:35:17 PM
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i guess he makes you pay electricity for him. i had a friend who had given power to other houses, bill ikikuja she divides the bill amongest the fellow tenants. those who demand to see the bill r threatened with disconnection. i didn't come to nairobi to fend for fellow kenyans Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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murenj
#3 Posted : Wednesday, December 29, 2010 8:51:26 PM
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the kplc billing structure is such that small electricity consumers are charged at a cheaper rate. By combining the usage of many consumers, the final billing is calculated at a higher rate per kilowatt per hour, as opposed to when one rents an individual meter from kplc
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MaichBlack
#4 Posted : Wednesday, December 29, 2010 9:13:57 PM
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@murenj put it best. There is an element of subsidization when it comes to billing. Large scale users subsidize the small scale users. You might pay 1k for x units while I pay 3k for 2x units. Legal or not demand 4 your own meter! You will ultimately pay less.
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