AMI Smart Sub-meters vs STS Prepaid Meters
AMI Smart Sub-meters vs STS Prepaid Meters As opposed to Smart Meters (AMI), STS Meters are very common in both municipal and sub-metering applications. For the past 20 years, STS technology meters, from a variety of manufacturers have been installed worldwide. STS meters are easily recognised by the STS logo on the meter as well […]
How to calculate your fees
How to calculate your fees Welcome to Utility Bites where we present a series of topical discussions in and around the utility space. In this edition of Utility Bites, we are looking at various types of prepaid transaction receipts to see how the fees are applied. Each transaction taking place, will be made up of […]
How IBT works
How IBT works This is a relatively new concept as far as tariff types go, as Nersa[1] only approved this structure for use by Eskom, in February 2010. Up to this point in time a consumer would pay a fixed rate per unit consumed irrespective of how much they consumed during the month. Today there […]
Different tariff types
Different Tariff Types Let’s take a closer look at the more common types of tariff structures that are applied by the various Municipalities. Each municipality will have its own series of tariffs that they apply to their customers. If we had to take them all and throw them into a basket we would be able […]
How submetering works
How submetering works Metering as a concept has been around since the mid 1800’s so we aren’t talking about anything new here but as developments and technology has changed so has the needs of suppliers and consumers changed as well. Our focus here is the metering and subsequent submetering, of more specifically, utilities. The generation, […]
Understanding your pre paid transaction
Understanding your pre paid transaction Let’s unpack prepaid transactions to help you understand the various components that make up your purchase. Very often we receive a call from an end user that asks this very question; what am I being charged? This amount I see on my receipt does not make sense! Going back to […]