A police officer patrols substation of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited in Suswa on August 4, 2017. Kenya says it has completed a 400Kv transmission line to Tanzania.
Some 13 members of the Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) say they will formally begin cross-border transmission of power early next year, attempting to fill supply and efficiency gaps in energy production.
The EAPP Council of Ministers chairman, Uganda’s Minister of Energy Okaasai Opolot, said the pool has set-up of all trading platforms, including tariffs and regulations, ahead of the Day-Ahead Market launch next March.