Warning for prepaid electricity meter deadline

Daniel Puchert

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Prepaid electricity meter warning

Eskom has pre-coded roughly 6.6 million of the 6.9 million prepaid meters that must be updated before 24 November 2024, but these customers must complete the rest of the work to ensure they can load units after the deadline.

Of some concern is that only approximately 4.06 million customers have recoded their prepaid meter, and the update rate is slowing.
 
And then we have the people that bought electricity on Facebook! Do they have a problem? Oh yes! No one can get 5000 units for R150 legally! Apparently, that is going to stop too!
 
I haven't really googled it, but how does the municipality/eskom know how many meters have been recorded? Is there some sort of ripple relay type thing that is pushed out when you do? I mean I have done the recode process and my KRN number on my token shows that it is done. But I had an error when doing it so idk.

Or is it simpler? They give you a prepaid code generated with the updated KRN and if you don't complain they assume you good to go?
 
Costs less.
Depends on the muncipality but in general prepaid actually costs less, even here in JHB. It used to be a lot cheaper but now it's probably about a couple hundred bucks cheaper than post paid.
 
I once got 3 sets of numbers when buying Prepaid on FNB a few months back.

I thought that I was seeing triple due to a combination of drugs and Johnny Walker.
 
Working in the Prepaid industry (Third Party). Prepaid is not cheaper. You think it is cheaper because you learn to manage your electricity better. If you take your cost pre kw/h on postpaid and prepaid you will see it is higher on prepaid. As there is channel fee's involved as well which gets paid by end user. It might only be a couple of cents but when you add it up at the end of the day it makes a difference.

Also what have noticed and mainly with COJ it is area dependent on what you get charged. For example Witportjie does not get charged the R200 Demand charged but you go over ontdekkers into Wilro Park side they get charged the R200 Demand Charge. Both from COJ and also Wilro Park hasa different rate per kw/h to Witpoortjie.

So prepaid is not always better. I would go back onto postpaid anyday. But City of Ekhuruleni refuses. Once you have Prepaid you are stuck with it for life with those buggers
 
Working in the Prepaid industry (Third Party). Prepaid is not cheaper. You think it is cheaper because you learn to manage your electricity better. If you take your cost pre kw/h on postpaid and prepaid you will see it is higher on prepaid. As there is channel fee's involved as well which gets paid by end user. It might only be a couple of cents but when you add it up at the end of the day it makes a difference.

Also what have noticed and mainly with COJ it is area dependent on what you get charged. For example Witportjie does not get charged the R200 Demand charged but you go over ontdekkers into Wilro Park side they get charged the R200 Demand Charge. Both from COJ and also Wilro Park hasa different rate per kw/h to Witpoortjie.

So prepaid is not always better. I would go back onto postpaid anyday. But City of Ekhuruleni refuses. Once you have Prepaid you are stuck with it for life with those buggers
This

This.

It took me 3 months to finally get Eskom to scrap a R23k bill that they sent. Turns out that my then live-in gardener was running a mining farm.
Well you are actually responsible for that.
 
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