In a bid to save more than 800 million Kenyan shillings every year, Kenya’s sole power distributor (KPLC) has unveiled a campaign that will see customers receive their monthly power bills via text messages and or e-mail rather than its outdated hardcopy bills. The company’s acting managing director Mr. Ben Chumo estimated the cost of preparing individual hardcopy bill to about KES 35 a month translating to millions for customers using standard electricity meters. A huge chunk of Kenya power’s customers’ still use standard traditional postpaid meters which are billed on a monthly basis depending on the amount of power units consumed; thereafter, hardcopy bills are prepared and sent to the respective customers via postal means. Besides other benefits related to a paperless system, the initiative will spare Kenya power millions spent every month.
Kenya Power has come up with various initiatives aimed at improving efficiency in its services but the operations costs have annoyingly remained high prompting high electric bills to cover the same. Installation of prepaid meters in most parts of Nairobi had significantly cut operation costs ranging from staffing of meter readers to preparing customer’s monthly bills but it’s only a pilot project with minimal coverage. Speaking at the launch event, Kenya Power’s managing director Mr. Chumo urged customers to register their electricity account details in order receive emails and SMS alerts of their monthly bills rather the traditional hardcopy mail. It’s not long since the company tried unsuccessfully to increase meter connection fees in a bid to raise revenue for expansion a move that was later reversed by the vice president.
Even after posting a net profit of 4.3 billion Kenyan shillings, the company has faced major challenges that have led to a down-roll in its profits – it was a 6.5% drop in earnings in a net of 4.6 billion Kenyan shillings same period last year. The move is not aimed at denying the postal corporation its revenues but rather a timely innovation to cut the company’s expenses according to the Managing director.
How to Register and Receive Kenya Power bills via text Messages (SMS) or Email
- Customers are required to register on their mobile phones using a USSD command, Dial *551# on your phone, enter your account number, e-mail address, Identification respectively.
- Send an email to register@kplc.co.ke with account number, name, mobile, email and ID respectively on the subject line
- Fill a registration form on the company’s website.
- call Kenya Power contact center on 95551 and give your details
- Fill a form from KPLC website and drop it off at any Kenya Power office or post it to P.O BOX 30099-00100 NAIROBI.
Customers registering to receive bills via SMS will not be charged.
you can send 4me my e-bill through the above e-mail
or thro my phone no,0727491480 or 0729933226
thankz 4 ur concerns
Kindly send me my bill of March n April
my account no.2613191-01,I’ve not received my bills quite some months
my phone no. 0716809772
Hi kenya power.
you can send me my monthly bill on the this email mose.bidii@gmail.com and my mobile no. 0722930864 for account no.4260742-01
Hallo Kenya power!
please send bills for the accounts listed below thro’ my e mail address. a/c no’s (1) 4322112
(2) 4322114
(3) 4322115
(4) 4322117
(5) 4322118
(6) 4322120
Thanks in advance.
thank you people for providing this service , it is superb.
kindly send current bill for last month to my email address . dmasese23@gmail.com
a/c no 2146266-01 my id no is 13819045.
kindly send the current bill to my email:kellong2007@gmail.com account number : 2947934
Send my current bill through 0722 477 338. Account 2194608-01
Kindly send my bills to the above email or to phone no. 0721893981 or 0721754924
Kindly send my electricity bills through my email address or mobile number 0721344865
my electricity bills to be send by email of sms. mobile number 0271344865
That will be great. Going paperless. Will save a lot plus tyme wastage. owesome
kindly let me know the following bills status via the above e-mail2083688
send my last month bill 2741676-01
Pls kindly register me, pls send my ebill via sms alert with this phone no 0722851078 .thanks
Comment:Kindly be sending bill alerts using both number’s as previous Month’s.I missed January 2015 bill via mobile.
kindly send the electricity bill Account No. 3990757-02 through above email address or via this number 0716898998/0731066555.
Hi Kenya Power,
Plse use the above email addresses to send me my power bills. You can also be using my phone number 0725973399 to SMS me the bills
Kindly request to receive electricity bill via that email No 0703507749
Account 4395826
Comment:kindly register me ,acc.3934745.id 21145673.mobile no 0719457370
plz send my bill thr’ the above email
account no.R0225950#27044223
Comment:I wonna know my bill
Please be sending the following my bill for the following Accounts on the above email address:
Account No. 0030571-04
Account No. 0030573-05
Let’s have our monthly charges through this email
Kindly send me my electricity bills thru the above email address
Account no. 4767986-01
phone no. 0713442989
Comment:pliz use this no.0718623835 or the email above to receive my monthly bill account no.443002-01.nyc work
Kindly email amref electricity bill A/c No.2943945-01
register me ac/ 3657436-01. current reading figures 2015.
Please send me E-BILL A/C NO 3048650-01, A/c Name James Macharia Gachugu
Comment:pliz I would like to receive my monthly bill acc 3804286-01
Comment:I would like to receive my bill Acc 5659356/01
Comment:I would like to receive my bill Acc 5659356/01. Phone 0713944339
this month i did not get my bill through email. i request to be sent through the same email.
Please i would like to receive my bill account no. 4245118-01, through phone no. 0726676371
please be sending my power bills account 2686679-01 to 0720394629
pls kplc text my bill ac # 0099599-01 to 0722 296 787
Since I register with you I ave not received ant SMS obout my bill balance ad I expected pls send me the SMS of current due
Kenya Power Kindly send my electricity bill ac#2910453-01 via sms to 0722282880,
Regards,
Hussein Amani Mabruk
Comment:pliz be sending my electricity bill 2286307-01 , 4352193-01 via my 0712300400
Comment:pliz kplc be sending my bills 2286307-01 , 4352193-01 via my 0712300400.
Hi Kenya Power, please snd my bills to the below Email adress.
Comment:Hi, Kenya power I would like to get my electricity bill 3012273_01 through this number 0722124223
Comment:if you can issue mini statement and help customers be able to borrow and pay units you ‘ll improve sales and and build on efficiency .
Please can I get a mini statement electricity bill for the previous 5months to this account number:3174439_01
Can I get my monthly bill on this number 0706034757 a/c number 345170901
Comment:kindly send my electricity Bill on
Kindly register me to receive my bills on this accout 0549341 mobileno 0717444625
Kindly be send monthly bills for the below accounts:
1.0030978-02
2.0030979-02
3.0030965-02
4.0030966-02
5.0030972-02
6.0030973-02
7.0030971-01
8.0030970-01
9.0030974-01
10.0030975-01
11.0030968-01
12.0030969-01
13.0030980-01
14.0030967-01
Kindly be send monthly bills for the below accounts:
1.0030978-02
2.0030979-02
3.0030965-02
4.0030966-02
5.0030972-02
6.0030973-02
7.0030971-01
8.0030970-01
9.0030974-01
10.0030975-01
11.0030968-01
12.0030969-01
13.0030980-01
14.0030967-01