The prepayment system means that consumers cannot cheat the system, which means reduced theft and losses.
“By eliminating meter tampering, we immediately gained 500,000 rand a year, which reduced the revenue losses,” says Tienie Loots.
The Kamstrup meters also helped the technical staff at Livewire manage and control the electricity grid in response to grid blackouts (commonly known as “load shedding” in South Africa).
“The Kamstrup OMNIPOWER® meters can be used with our load control project to help reduce the cold load pickup after load shedding,” says Attie van Jaarsveldt, CEO of Livewire.
Feedback from the local team in Lephalale indicates that they were very satisfied with their cooperation with Kamstrup on the project, describing the company as a professional organisation with high-quality products and services.