The electrician’s license entitles the holder to carry out all types of electrical installation work in Kenya without supervision. A person shall not carry out any electrical installation work unless the person is licensed by the Commission as an electrician.Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA)Contact Link

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1. Applicant with an already existing personal EPRA online account should visit the website, navigater the cusor hover the“online services” section on the homepage menu.
2. Login to your individual account created using your username and password
3. Once successful login go to the “License Management” option on the main menu and click on the “My Licences” option on the drop menu.
4. View the license you want to renew by clicking the “view license” tab
5. Proceed to apply for renewal of your license by clicking the “Resume Renewal” tab
6. Under the Bio Data Section Complete your profile if there is any missing data, then click the “next” tab.
7. For each of the listed required documents, do the following:
8. Click on the Choose Files button. Go to where the document is saved, select it, and then click the “Open” tab.
9. Once you have browsed and selected all the required Files, click on Upload Files
10. To upload a passport photo, click on the Browse button. Go to where the photo is saved, select it, and then click the “Open” tab
11. Adjust the area of the photo to be displayed by hovering the mouse pointer on the photo, and dragging the four-sided arrow mouse pointer that appears
12. Reduce/ enlarge the photo by sliding the button that appears below the photo.
13. Once you are satisfied with the photo to be displayed click on the “Crop & Upload Image”tab.
14. Proceed to pay the renewal fee by choosing either Mpesa or Bank deposit payment option, then click the “save the payment” taband enter the confirmation code.
15. For the M-Pesa payment option follow the instructions displayed on the screen to make the payment
16. Click on the “Submit” tab to submit your renewal application for review by the Energy Regulatory Commission licensing department.
17. Once you submit your license renewal application, you will receive an email confirming the submission of the application.
18. You can see the status of the application by signing in to your EPRA account, go to License Management, and clicking on “Application History”.
19. The license application shall be processed within 30 days from the date of submission.
20. The application shall be reviewed for material completeness before approval.
21. Once approved, the licensee shall download the license from their online account by:
22. Logging into their account, then
23. Go to license management then
24. Go to My License, then view License.
25. Download the license using the download license link provided.

• Scanned copies of your National ID
• Scanned Photo ID.

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) - Head OfficeAddress: Eagle Africa Centre, Longonot Road, UpperhillTelephone: +254 709 336 000|+254 020 284 7000|+254 708 444 000Postal Address: P.O. Box 42681 - 00100 NAIROBI, KENYAE-mail: info@epra.go.ke
Website: EPRA Regional Office Contacts
Ministry of Energy and PetroleumKawi Complex.Off Red Cross Rd. NairobiP.O. Box 30582-00100 Nairobi KenyaCS@energy.go.keTel. +254 4841000 / 6006012
General Enquiries: info@energy.go.keComplaints: publiccomplaints@energy.go.ke
Website: Link

• Applicant should be registered electrician class A-1/2 with the EPRA and a holder of a valid or expired license.

The annual renewal fee is as follows

• Class A1- ksh. 2000
• Class A2- ksh. 2000

Payments are to be made to:

• Bank: Kenya Commercial BankAccount Name: Energy Regulatory CommissionAccount Number: 1107180198Branch: Moi Avenue
• MpesaPaybill no 899000; Account no: Identity number

Note: Any renewal done later than the 31st of March of every year attracts penalty charges equivalent to 50% of the renewal amount

• All licenses expire by 31st December of every year and must be renewed no later than 31st of March of the following year.
• A delay in renewal will attract a penalty equivalent to 50% of the renewal amount.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time takes a maximum of 30 days from the date of successful submission of the application to the response either by grant or deferral of a license.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube

width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is dkisplayed.

e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.

e.g. The state office holds birth records since January 1908.

• Names
• National ID/Passport number
• Email address
• Phone number
• Nationality
• PIN
• Academic and technical qualifications
• Work experience
• Knowledge of rules and regulations
• Physical and Postal Address of Applicant

• The electrician’s license entitles the holder to carry out all types of electrical installation work in Kenya without supervision. A person shall not carry out any electrical installation work unless the person is licensed by the Commission as an electrician.
• This license should be renewed annually for the holder to legally operate as an Electrician class A-1/2 in Kenya.

Different classes of license :

• Class C-2, to carry out electrical installation work for connection to a single-phase supply at low voltage to up to two-story residential and commercial buildings not used as factories or places of public entertainment;
• Class C-1, to carry out electrical installation work as in Class C-2, and for connection to a three-phase supply at low voltage to up to four-story buildings not used as factories or places of public entertainment;
• Class B, to carry out electrical installation work as in Class C-1, but without limitation as to the number of stories in the buildings and whether used as factories or places of public entertainment or otherwise and for connection to supply metered at voltages not exceeding medium;
• Class A-1, to carry out all kinds of electrical installation work;
• Class A-2, to carry out work specialized electrical installation work

Please explain what are other uses for obtaining this document/certificate.

e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

EPRA Electricity and Renewable Energy License-Application Guideline
Energy Act

More information which might help people.