President William Ruto announced plans to sign a new power purchase agreement with Ethiopia to significantly increase energy imports. This comes as Kenya aims to expand its clean energy investments and regional power collaborations.

• Ruto stated Kenya is "ready to sign a power purchase agreement" to take power from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
• The goal is to double current power imports from Ethiopia, which in early 2025 supplied 265 megawatts daily.
• Kenya's existing 25-year power purchase agreement with Ethiopia began in 2022, transmitting power via a 1,045-kilometer High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) interconnector.
• This announcement follows a recent report of Kenya losing Ksh4.5 billion due to a botched cross-border electricity powerline project with a Spanish company.