Tanzania/Kenya: Consultants sought for interconnection studies

Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) and Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) are seeking expressions of interest from consultants to carry out a feasibility study for an interconnection transmission line from Menengai in Kenya to Mwanza in Tanzania via Kilgoris, and a study to find a cost-reflective interconnection tariff and wheeling charge.Tanesco is also seeking a consultant for a distribution master plan study covering Mbeya, Arusha, Mwanza and Dodoma.The studies will be financed from funding to the Tanzanian government from the African Development Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency for the Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnector Project.