Eskom on course to recode millions of prepaid meters

Eskom says there are 6.8 million prepaid meters that need to be recoded to a new Token Identifier Code system before the end of November 2024.

The power producer needs to make the switch before the 24th of November.

The power utility says any tokens bought after this date will only work on meters that have been recoded.

"And really based on the success of this soft rollout that we have done, which has over 6000m that we have successfully rolled over to the new key revision number,”

Velaphi Ntuli, Eskom's general manager for operations enablement, said on Thursday.

"We are very confident at Eskom that the implementation of this project is going to be both successful and it will also be on time." 

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Ntuli says Eskom customers will be able to choose their meters themselves, whole municipal officials have also started rolling out the projects in some areas.

"They will receive the token that they need to put on their meter to do this. So, you will not be having Eskom employees or contractors coming to your houses to do this it will be strictly DIY.

 

"We believe that from the process point of view, it is really both quick and it is of little convenience to our customers in making this approach."