Eskom calms fears of prepaid meter 'catastrophe'

If you have one of the 6.8 million prepaid electricity meters that need to be recoded, you have nothing to fear, according to Eskom.

one of the 6.8 million prepaid electricity meters that need to be recoded before 24 November 2024, you have nothing to fear, according to Eskom.utility said this at a panel discussion on Thursday to outline what has been done so far in the “Key Revision Number” programme, which is introducing a new series of electricity vending codes for all prepaid meters in South Africa. There have been fears of a large portion of the population being left without electricity when the deadline arrives.

The recoding of prepaid meters must be undertaken for all Eskom prepaid customers, as well as South African municipalities and customers using Each credit token has a unique token identifier encoded in its 20-digit code to prevent tokens being re-used. The TID is referenced to a base date of 1993 and will run out of range in 2024 , thus causing the prepayment meter to stop accepting new tokens.Eskom has decided to adopt a “do-it-yourself” option for conversion, and once an area has been selected for conversion, customers will be notified that it is “live”.

The utility only said there will updates on its website as to which areas are scheduled to become active next, and people should keep consulting the website for that information.

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