By Tony Oraeki, Awka
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, has advised its customers to ensure that their prepaid meters are upgraded before 24th November 2024.
The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh disclosed this yesterday in his press statement.
According to him, “This is due to the Token Identifier (TID) rollover, an exercise that affects all Standard Transfer Specification (STS) compliant prepaid meters across the globe.
“EEDC had in its various engagements and enlightenment programs notified its customers that all STS prepaid meters will cease to accept credit tokens by 24th November 2024, unless they are upgraded.
“Meters not upgraded will no longer accept new tokens, though they will still be functional till the energy credits already loaded in them are used up.”
It would be recalled that on 24th February 2024, EEDC successfully cut over to its newly acquired vending system, “SuperEdge”, as part of its preparation for a smooth upgrade.
Ezeh continued, “Consequently, customers who have not recharged their prepaid meters since February 2024 will have their very first recharge come with the Key Change Tokens (KCTs). These are three sets of 20-digit tokens needed for the upgrade, which customers are expected to punch into their meters.
“The first 20 digits will be punched into the meter, after which the customer should press the “enter” button; the same should be done for the second 20 digits and the third 20 digits, to have the meter upgraded. This exercise is free and at no cost to customers.
“Customers who may still have tokens earlier purchased but yet to be loaded onto their meters are urged to load them before administering the three sets of 20-digit tokens. This is because once the meter is upgraded, such tokens will no longer be accepted by the meter, and there will be no refund for unused tokens.