South Africans warned as big changes are coming to prepaid electricity
Changes are soon to be implemented in electricity meters in SA.
Loadshedding isn't going anywhere for the foreseeable future.
It has been said the metro cities of Tshwane and Johannesburg are launching initiatives to update prepaid electricity meters.
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So due to the large power interruptions that are happening in SA, one would think that it would have a massive effect on the residences of all places in SA, most notably in KwaZulu-Natal too.
As anyone would know, an electricity meter is a device that is used to measure the amount of electric energy consumed by a residence, a business or an electrically powered device.
According to Business Tech, the current prepaid electricity voucher system will run out of voucher sequences for the unique tokens.
These are produced specifically for each meter by the 24th of November 2024.
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When the time eventually comes, the prepaid meters will stop accepting new credit tokens and then will stop dispensing electricity after the existing credits are used up.
Any tokens generated after the 24 November 2024 and utilizing the 24-digit number will be rejected as being old tokens.
The current Standard Transfer Specification (STS) system has been in place for a long time since 1993.
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City Power in Johannesburg as well as City of Tshwane will be launching programmes to upgrade smart meters or replace old ones.
The question is, should City Power of Durban also start changing the smart meters to replace the old ones?
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