Uganda adds 183MW to national grid, but will consumers gain?

As Isimba Hydropower Station — one of Uganda’s mega infrastructure projects — starts to generate and feed electricity into the grid, attention turns to its impact on the cost of power, its distribution and consumption.

The dam is expected to reduce the cost of power from the current $0,08 per kwh, to $0.05 per kwh, making it the cheapest in East Africa.