In line with our commitments to stabilize the city’s finances through innovation, the City of Tshwane will be continuing its project to replace conventional electricity meters with the new smart prepaid meters.
These meters are an exciting step towards realising the City’s adoption of smart, resident focused technology, that empowers and enables our customers. This project will re-commence on 17 February 2021 and will run until the end of this financial year, 30 June 2021. It will continue into the next financial year in line with the available budget.
This phase includes installing over 24 000 meters that will be replaced City-wide at different households. Residents will be notified through pamphlets, seven days prior to the scheduled installation. Residents will also be presented with user manuals on how to use the keypad/meter once the installation has been completed.
More than 61% of properties in the City are already purchasing electricity via prepaid meters, and this phase will contribute to developing a completely smart metered electricity network that benefits all residents of Tshwane. \
The newly installed prepaid meters will be preloaded with 5kWh and consumers are then encouraged to load more units onto the new meter for their own household usage.
Electricity units can be purchased from the City of Tshwane pay points at customer care centers and at the following banks and retailers:
- BLD Blu-approved devices,
- Footprint,
- Shoprite,
- Pick ‘n Pay,
- Spar,
- ABSA, FNB, Capitec, Old Mutual, African Bank and Investec,
- Engen, BP, Shell and Sasol filling stations,
- Prepaid24.co.za,
- Unipin.
All technicians will have permits with their full identification details and contact information. The technicians will be complaint with Covid-19 regulations