Is SA set for another electricity shock?
Prepaid electricity users are at risk of being left in the dark in 2024. If their meters aren’t updated, they will stop accepting new tokens. Given the current pace of the upgrade, analysts fear SA won’t reset all 10-million meters in time
27 October 2022 - 05:00
A design quirk in the way electricity is sold is set to leave households in the dark unless authorities step in — and soon.
Come November 24 2024, prepaid electricity meters — the predominant form of electricity distribution in South Africa — won’t accept new tokens unless they’ve been updated through a process called a token identifier (TID) rollover...
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