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Pump diesel vs grid calculator

CI1 all-in against diesel on the pad. Overwrite from the last bill and the bowser. This is not a unit-price sport.

Families: industrial pumps. Duty sizing: pump duty calculator.

Worksheet

Shaft and hours in, KES/kWh out

Grid and diesel rates left. Year cost right. Default 10.90 kW · 8 000 h · CI1 all-in 22 · fuel 190 KES/L · 0.28 L/kWh. Optional demand kVA adds to the year.

Grid vs diesel

Shaft kW kW · shaft power on this job

Hours / year h · overwrite for the real calendar

CI1 all-in KES/kWh · overwrite from the last bill. Not an EPRA single rate.

Diesel fuel KES/L · overwrite from the bowser. Not gazetted.

L / kWh Genset assumption. Editable.

Demand kVA · optional If filled, 1,100 KES/kVA × 12 goes into the year.

Grid on site?

Bowser reliable?

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Result · live

Live

— KES/kWh

Grid · CI1

Grid · CI1: —
Diesel · pad: —
Diesel rate: —
Hours: —

Judgement

CI1 all-in is an order-of-magnitude including pass-throughs. Overwrite from the last bill. Not an EPRA published single rate. Energy charge is 13.44 KES/kWh regular / 6.72 TOU, demand 1,100 KES/kVA (Schedule of Tariffs 2025/26). Diesel kWh is fuel × L/kWh, not a catalog.

Enquiry · from this pad

Schedule of Tariffs 2025/26 · EPRA

Grid: Grid = CI1 all-in (+ optional demand allocated to kWh). Energy 13.44 KES/kWh regular / 6.72 TOU · demand 1,100 KES/kVA. All-in is editable — overwrite from the bill.
Diesel: Diesel KES/kWh = fuel (KES/L) × L/kWh. Year = rate × shaft kW × hours. Fuel logistics still sit on the pad when the bowser is unreliable.

Not a unit-price sport. Grid hours and the bowser still decide the machine.