Polokwane Muni on how to check if your electricity meter is upgraded
Customers whose meters have not been updated will be in the dark as purchased tokens will not reflect after November 24.
POLOKWANE – The Polokwane Municipality says they have completed the Prepaid Meter Token Identifier (TID) rollover project.
Municipal spokesperson Thipa Selala says the process commenced in May 2021 and was concluded in December 2023.
“The TID is a 24-bit identifier embedded in Standard Transfer Specification (STS) compliant tokens. It records the date and time a token was generated and is essential in preventing the reuse of tokens in pre-payment meters,” he explained.
All STS pre-payment meters will undergo the TID rollover on November 24 and from this date forward, any tokens generated using the 24-bit TID based on the 1993 base fate will be invalid as meters will interpret the reset TID value as an old token.
How to verify if your meter has been updated:
Selala says customers can follow the following steps:
- Dial i057 on your Landis meter. If you see the code 2.2, your meter has been updated.
- Dial #005# on your CONLOG meter. If you see the code r2, your meter has been updated.
“If a customer discovers that their meter is not up to date, they should buy electricity immediately. After purchasing, the customer will receive three tokens that must be loaded into the meter sequentially,” Selala said.
Eskom customers can check their status here.
