East African Power Market to Start Trading by December 2024

The Eastern Africa Power Pool (EAPP) – a regional power system – will launch a new system of electricity trading by December 2024. Leveraging existing and new power interconnections among its 11 member countries, the system enables countries to trade multilaterally.

The competitive trade structure follows recent power connections made between various countries. Kenya and Tanzania will commission a 400 kv transmission line linking the two countries in December 2024. Tanzania and Mozambique are also in talks to construct an interconnector.

James Wahogo, Secretary General of EAPP, emphasized, “The EAPP remains committed to enhancing energy security, promoting cross-border electricity trade, and driving the development of renewable energy sources within our member countries.”

Established in 2005, EAPP is dedicated to developing and integrating power infrastructure across Eastern Africa. Its member countries include Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The new auctioning system aims to connect 600 million people to clean energy by interlinking the grids of its member countries to facilitate the sale of excess power across borders.