Guys,

Just to appreciate the current state of affairs the billing for prepay power follows the same model as postpay power using the structure;-
First 50kWh:     2.00kshs per kWh
50 to 1500kWh:    8.10kshs per kWh
Thereafter:    18.5kshs per kWh

All other factors held constant(the so called levies, adjustments and forex fluctuations)

At the start of your billing cycle, if you buy say 500shs you are bound to fall in the first bracket and your 500kshs will give you more units. If say on your first purchase you decide to buy power worth 5,000kshs you will definitely fall beyond the first bracket where your kshs/kWh will go up. The implementation of the rate change affects every token such that if you were buying like for the second or third time and you give 50kshs you might be asked to add more money to get a token not because the token costs more than 50shs but because the cost per unit is being spread upto the first token you bought as you may have crossed the brackets listed above.

Postpay power was simple because the number of kWh consumed it captured once and the brackets above applied once and you get a single simple rate across for your bill.

Moses.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:

What's the problem here?

Surcharge Rate / Notes
Fuel Cost Charge (FCC) Variable rate per kWh, published monthly by KPLC in the Kenya Gazette (but not on their website!). It is supposed to be reflective of the cost (to KPLC) of generating electricity during the previous month.
Foreign Exchange Rate Fluctuation Adjustment (FERFA) Variable rate per kWh, published monthly by KPLC. This includes the “sum of the foreign currency costs incurred by KenGen”, the “sum of the foreign currency costs incurred by [KPLC] other than those costs relating to Electric Power Producers”, and the “sum of the foreign currency costs incurred by KenGen”.
Inflation Adjustment (IA) Variable rate per kWh, published monthly by KPLC. Factors include the “Underlying Consumer Price Index as posted by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics” and the “Consumer Prices Index for all urban consumers (CPI - U) for the US city average for all items 1982 - 84 as published by the United States Department of Labour Statistics”. Why on earth does the cost of Kenyan electricity depend on how much folks in the USA are spending?
WARMALevy 6 cents per kWh (if someone can explain why on earth this is part of our electricity cost, please let me know!)
ERC Levy 3 cents per kWh
REP Levy 5% of the base rate
VAT 16% on everything except the WARMA, ERC and REP levies and Inflation Adjustment
(Prior to 2 September 2013, consumption less than 200kWh was exluded from VAT, and VAT was charged at 12%. These concessions were removed in the VAT Act 2013.)
See, the above rates are variable - which means they will have probably changed - hence your problem.

Maybe, the campaign should be to have your bill broken down - which I think is done if you buy tokens a ta kiosk, rather than on M-Pesa.

On Friday, 7 February 2014, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

Dennis,

We want KPLC to notify us, via SMS, and also publish the same conspicuously on their website the applicable rates, whenever they alter them. Same way they bang us with SMS when their systems go down.

On 7 February 2014 13:32, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:

Lol.
I love you guys.

Go ahead with the protest. Yes, we demand official stats.

(so what next after you get the stats?)

On Friday, 7 February 2014, Alex Gabriel <alexgabbie@gmail.com> wrote:

Unfortunately the stats are not from KenyaPower office...We need Kenya power to sensitize Kenyans on what they should expect in terms of units from various amounts spent on per month basis.

Alex Gabriel

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:26 PM, ty <tyruskam@gmail.com> wrote:

Might add some insight. Got this from KPLC's a/c

http://rayofsolaris.net/misc/kenya-electricity/

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:

Ian suggests we switch to #kplcprepaid sounds simpler to me and easier to me.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:02 PM, ambrose kimaiyo <mail2ambrose@gmail.com> wrote:

Nice guys.. Petition for the monthly formula.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok then #kplctokenformula is the hashtag to use. lets begin and hope for a fruitful discussion.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Alex Gabriel <alexgabbie@gmail.com> wrote:

Below is the harshtag to use...Let kick off.cheers

#kplctokenformula

Alex Gabriel

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:

Units have a standard rate.
What varies are Forex adjustments, oil charges.

So they first bill you for all the forex, oil, rural electrification, erb .

From the remainder, they bill you for units.

Units are also billed at different rates depending on how many you buy. So at some point, you will get lesser units for more cash.

On 7 Feb 2014 12:36, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:

@Dennis The problem is not the usage its how a unit is priced. there should be a uniform or rather balanced estimate of how much say 1000 /- will get you. Right now its a lottery.

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Alex Gabriel <alexgabbie@gmail.com> wrote:

Mr.Ambrose I totally support you..tweeter is the way to go?Let us make it a trending topic.

Who wants to take full leadership and come up with a harsh tag?By all means there is definitely a huge number of Kenyan's who would love to get the monthly calculation formula.

Alex Gabriel

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:22 PM, ambrose kimaiyo <

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Surcharge	Rate / Notes
Fuel Cost Charge (FCC)	Variable rate per kWh, published monthly by KPLC in the Kenya Gazette (but not on their website!). It is supposed to be reflective of the cost (to KPLC) of generating electricity during the previous month.
Foreign Exchange Rate Fluctuation Adjustment (FERFA)	Variable rate per kWh, published monthly by KPLC. This includes the “sum of the foreign currency costs incurred by KenGen”, the “sum of the foreign currency costs incurred by [KPLC] other than those costs relating to Electric Power Producers”, and the “sum of the foreign currency costs incurred by KenGen”.
Inflation Adjustment (IA)	Variable rate per kWh, published monthly by KPLC. Factors include the “Underlying Consumer Price Index as posted by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics” and the “Consumer Prices Index for all urban consumers (CPI - U) for the US city average for all items 1982 - 84 as published by the United States Department of Labour Statistics”. Why on earth does the cost of Kenyan electricity depend on how much folks in the USA are spending?
WARMALevy	6 cents per kWh (if someone can explain why on earth this is part of our electricity cost, please let me know!)
ERC Levy	3 cents per kWh
REP Levy	5% of the base rate
VAT	16% on everything except the WARMA, ERC and REP levies and Inflation Adjustment (Prior to 2 September 2013, consumption less than 200kWh was exluded from VAT, and VAT was charged at 12%. These concessions were removed in the VAT Act 2013.)