SUDAN-pay-as-you-go-electric
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With a 16 digit code, which you just type into the keypad on the meter. Your credit will be automatically entered. Now you can enjoy air conditioning and hot water

this is very old project in sudan,that is expanding even to the rural areas.

pay-as-you-go mobile phone lines, I believe, and seems to have caught on to domestic electric power. Here in Sudan, every household has an electric meter, just like any other country. Except that it doesn't just show how much power is consumed, but rather how much credit you still have left, before your electric power is cut off.



What's amazing about prepaid electricity (besides the fact of being an extremely efficient way of collecting electricity bills) is that it gives the user an unprecedented awareness of electricity consumption. I can tell you exactly how much my fridge consumes (about .12 kw/h) or how much my a/c consumes (2.30 kw/h) or even my water heater (1.7 kw/h). And I also know that light bulbs (especially the new power saving ones) consume next to nothing. So it's true what they claim.

Maybe prepay is the way!

Great idea! That would still be great in rich countries where people waste so much electricity. It should catch on but Ive always thought the problem in africa was the lack of electricity, not lack of money.

We don't have prepaid power here in Brisbane (At least not that I am aware of), I had it in my house in Papua New Guinea and I am familiar how it works, but I don't think all progressive/developed countries use it.

U bought Units, It was Green when you had lots of units, orange when it was average and Red was when it was low. :P

It's a great development though. Great for Sudan.

I know it's being implemented in Lusaka. My father lives there and when I went to visit him 2 years ago, the Electric corp. came and put up that meter. We then started buying credit.

I also know it's being put in place in Addis as we speak although it's not common yet.

The great thing about this system is that you don't have to go line up for hours to pay your bill. You can buy enough credits to last you several months if you wish and completely avoid going to the payment windows.
This works great for countries like Ethiopia where bills are distributed by foot soldiers and people have to go to the EEPCO offices to pay.

We don't have prepaid power here in Brisbane (At least not that I am aware of), I had it in my house in Papua New Guinea and I am familiar how it works, but I don't think all progressive/developed countries use it.

U bought Units, It was Green when you had lots of units, orange when it was average and Red was when it was low. :P

It's a great development though. Great for Sudan.

well thats nice that is flashes different light to warn you before you run out

They have those here in SA don't they? I ask because not all households have them. We use the post-paid option but I know of friends who have gotten stuck in their houses because they ran out of electricity and couldn't open the electric garage door :D

am glad that africa got this system to save some electric,well its not the solution but part of it.

I actually have this in my house in the UK. The company usually only installs one on request or if bills remain unpaid for a few months. As a student living in a shared house it's much easier to share payments. If the meter runs out you get £5 emergency credit so you don't have to eat your food in the dark.

In Luanda they are also installing this things.

i belive everything should be prepaid. so people wont end up with dept

They have those here in SA don't they? I ask because not all households have them. We use the post-paid option but I know of friends who have gotten stuck in their houses because they ran out of electricity and couldn't open the electric garage door :D

Yea, we do have them in SA and I think its the most effecient way of making people pay for their services.

the only sad thing,that you must be prepare yourself with a card for emergency,even some shops now a days will send you a numbers via text messages:lol:

Yea, we do have them in SA and I think its the most effecient way of making people pay for their services.

That is correct.... and not just making them pay ? but a way to conserve energy. they won't be wasting even a cent.

What a brilliant idea, they should introduce it in N AMerica, people waste power way too much

We use this in Nigeria too

It's in Ghana too