How many KPLC units will my money buy?

Enter an amount into Stima Tokens and it estimates the kWh units after the energy charge, fuel, forex and inflation levies and VAT, with a full line-item breakdown. Edit the tariff card to match your latest token receipt.

Why did my electricity tokens reduce or buy fewer units?

Token value changes when your monthly consumption crosses into a higher tariff band, or when the fuel, forex and inflation pass-through charges are revised — the breakdown shows each component.

How is the price of a KPLC token calculated?

The cost per unit is the band energy charge plus fuel, forex and inflation adjustments and levies, with VAT applied — Stima Tokens itemises all of them.

Stima Tokens Calculator — how many units will your money buy?

Estimates only. Tariffs change with EPRA gazettes and the pass-through charges move every month. Defaults below are from the 2023/24 EPRA tariff review — confirm current rates, edit anything. Your last token SMS or receipt shows the exact splits — copy them into the tariff card for a near-exact match.

Amount to spend (KES)

Units already bought this month (kWh)

KPLC bands are by cumulative monthly consumption — units you have already bought this month push this purchase into higher-priced bands. Check the month’s total on your meter or past token messages.

Tariff settings — all editable

Defaults: 2023/24 EPRA tariff review, domestic (DC) tariff. Confirm current rates before relying on this.

Energy charge bands (by monthly consumption)

Lifeline up to (kWh)

Lifeline rate (KES/kWh)

Ordinary up to (kWh)

Ordinary rate (KES/kWh)

Above that — rate (KES/kWh)

Pass-through charges (KES per kWh)

Fuel energy cost

Forex adjustment

Inflation adjustment

WARMA + ERC/EPRA levies

Percentages

REP levy (% of energy charge)

VAT (% on energy + fuel + forex)

How is this calculated?

Bands follow your month, not the purchase. KPLC prices domestic units by cumulative monthly consumption: your first units in a month (up to the lifeline threshold) are cheapest, the next band is ordinary-priced, and everything above the second threshold takes the top rate. The same KES 500 buys fewer units late in a heavy month.

Energy charge = units in each band × that band’s rate.

Pass-through charges (fuel energy cost, forex adjustment, inflation adjustment, WARMA and ERC/EPRA levies) are flat KES-per-kWh amounts gazetted regularly.

REP levy = the REP % applied to the energy charge only.

VAT = the VAT % applied to (energy charge + fuel charge + forex adjustment).

KES → units is solved exactly, band by band. In a band, one kWh costs all-in: rate × (1 + REP% + VAT%) + (fuel + forex) × (1 + VAT%) + inflation + levies. We buy as many units as your money allows at that all-in rate; if the purchase reaches a band threshold, it is split and the remainder continues at the next band’s all-in rate — no approximation.

Rounding: KPLC rounds token units to 2 decimal places, so a real receipt can differ by a few cents.

Planning estimate, not a KPLC quote. Rates on your latest token receipt always win. Nothing is uploaded.