Publication: Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project
Date
1996-06
ISSN
Published
1996-06
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company
(TANESCO) has experienced major problems with billing and
collecting revenues. To improve customer services; and
improve the collection of revenues, the utility company
switched to an electricity prepayment system using
Electricity Dispensers (ED). The ED which is an electric
meter fitted with a circuit breaker, a computer logic chip
and an input device, is installed in the customer's
premises. The input devices are either magnetic card
readers, similar to those on Automated Teller Machine (ATM),
or numeric keypads similar to a telephone keypad. The input
device allows the customer to control electricity-related
consumption and expenditure.
Citation
“World Bank. 1996. Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project. Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 5. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/3ad60bac-5aa4-5775-8fe6-e6129747bb98 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”