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Analysis: Prepaid meter upgrade

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Eskom and municipal power utilities like Joburg’s City Power have given prepaid electricity users hope that it is not be too late to complete the meter upgrading process. From the 24 November, all prepaid electricity meters that have not been upgraded to the KRN2 system have ceased loading electricity units. According to Eskom’s KRN rollover dashboard, as of 24 November 2024, 1.9 million meters were still on KRN version 1. We get some analysis on whether the power utility could have handled the process better from energy expert and former executive at Eskom and City Power,
25 Nov 2024 3PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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