Have you re-coded your electricity prepaid meter yet?
Today is the deadline for you to have your meter re-coded for you to be able to successfully load electricity.
Tomorrow many South Africans will not be able to load electricity if their meters are still on KRN1 mode.
However, Eskom did extend the deadline for those who are zero buyers.
A zero buyer is someone who uses electricity without having purchased it.
This implies that the person has been using electricity illegally.
“A technological breakthrough has enabled Eskom to pre-create Key Change Tokens (KCT) on its online vending system. Zero buyers in this situation need to go to their legal vending sites with their meter numbers to buy electricity,” said Eskom.
It added that these individuals will be issued their Key Change Tokens (KCT) by the vending agents to make their meters KRN2 compliant.
This action of purchasing credit tokens must be completed before the end of Sunday, November 24 to trigger the activation of the meter to the KRN2 mode.
“Once the meter has been activated by the purchase of electricity, the customer can then visit any of the Eskom sites to complete the conversion process. The final step can be completed after 24 November 2024.”
For those who are not zero buyers, you still have time to check and re-code your meter.
How to check and re-code your meter
To verify if your meter is ready:
Enter 1844 6744 0738 4377 2416 on your meter keypad.
If it shows 1 or 1.2, your meter still needs to be re-coded.
If it shows 2 or 2.2, your meter is already updated and requires no further action.
To complete the re-coding:
Enter the first 20 digits of your re-code token.
Enter the second 20 digits of your re-code token.
Finally, enter the 20-digit token from your latest electricity purchase to recharge your meter.
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