Eskom has started a national update for the 6.6 million prepaid electricity meters under its control before they all become non-operational late next year. The utility said there has been initial success.
Eskom has started a national update of the 6.6 million prepaid electricity meters it is responsible for.Eskom has started a national update process for the 6.6 million prepaid electricity meters under its control.All 70 million prepaid electricity meters in the world will become non-operational late next year unless they are updated.Eskom has finally started a national update for the 6.6 million prepaid electricity meters under its control before they all become non-operational late next year.
There are roughly 11 million meters that will be affected in South Africa, of which Eskom is responsible for updating 6.6 million. The responsibility for the rest is divided amongst 164 municipalities that have licensed electricity distribution zones.
One of the ways this was done was to attach a sequence of the numbers in a token to the minute that the token was bought. That sequence of numbers is known as the TID. So, the meter designers decided to make the number string 20 digits long, which meant that a total of 2The vending system began operating on 1 January 1993. There will be no more minutes to attach to a token on 24 November 2024.
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