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    "id": 1511435,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwala, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Musau",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. For the comfort of the Member, the Motion I am moving is to adopt the Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy. We can only adopt it once it has been tabled, which was done last week. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Energy on the inquiry into the matter of the reduction of electricity costs in the country, laid on the Table of the House on Monday, 25th November 2024, and approves the lifting of the moratorium on the signing of new Power Purchase Agreements subject to the following conditions – 1. THAT, all intermittent sources of energy, such as wind, and solar, be onboarded on the grid, be fitted with battery storage or general energy storage solutions as a mitigation measure to their intermittency, as well as maintain the system's equilibrium between supply and demand for electricity by strategically discharging storage assets during times of peak, and charging them during times of low demand. 2. THAT, the Ministry immediately stops Power Purchase Agreement amendments that occur midway through the lifecycle of the Independent Power Producers, similar to the case of OrPower 4 Inc, and all subsequent PPA amendments/variations are to be subjected to the National Assembly for approval. 3. THAT, the power generation indicative tariffs both in the FiT and auctions system before gazettement and all Power Purchase Agreements be subjected to approval and ratification by the National Assembly, and this will also apply to projects still in the pipeline and those not yet operationalized before the imposition of the moratorium. In the transition phase before the formation and operationalization of the IPP office, EPRA will undertake this role as it is currently prescribed in law and is to submit the updated competitive indicative tariffs to guide the process of onboarding of power producers for concurrence with the National Assembly before gazettement within two (2) months upon passage of the report. 4. THAT, all new power generation plant Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to be onboarded to the grid are denominated in Kenyan Shillings. The Committee shall initiate an amendment to the Energy Act, Cap. 314 to effect this recommendation. 5. THAT, the Ministry and EPRA implement competitive procurement of energy projects under an auction scheme modeled similar to South Africa’s Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme in order to ensure that Energy is procured competitively and in line with the gazetted indicative tariffs and the Least Cost Power Development Plan to ensure price discovery by selecting only the least expensive power producer that meets the detailed technical and financial evaluation requirements after the bid rounds, failure to which the auction will be deemed unresponsive. Further, the Ministry in conjunction with EPRA to draft and table an approved Renewable Energy Auctions Policy that outlines the transition from the Feed-in-Tariff for advanced projects which must also be in line with the gazetted indicative tariffs, and operationalizes the auction system for consideration by the National Assembly within six (6) months after the adoption of the report; and 6. THAT, within six (6) months upon adoption of this Report, the Business Registration Services (BRS) submits to the National Assembly a report containing a list of the owners, beneficial owners, shareholders and directors of"
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