Nairobi emerged as Kenya’s primary driver of electricity consumption during the 2025/26 financial year, maintaining its dominance over national power demand.

Figures from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Energy and Petroleum Statistics Report for the year ended June 30, 2026, show that the capital region accounted for 43.92 per cent of the nation’s total electricity consumption, recording 5,465.36 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in energy sales.

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The Coast region followed as the second-largest power consumer, registering 2,087.62 GWh in electricity sales. North Eastern recorded 1,411.66 GWh, while the Central Rift region logged 1,176.45 GWh.

Electricity sales in other parts of the country stayed below the 1,000 GWh threshold. Mt. Kenya recorded 813.50 GWh, followed by West Kenya with 655.14 GWh and the North Rift region with 574.85 GWh.

South Nyanza recorded the lowest volume of energy sales among all regions, accounting for 260.12 GWh during the same period.