Prepaid Utility Control

Prepaid & Sub-Metering Solutions

EDM Solutions provides prepaid electricity, prepaid water, and sub-metering solutions for landlords, property managers, body corporates, estates, commercial properties, property developers, and municipalities across South Africa.

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Service Category

Prepaid Electricity, Prepaid Water & Sub-Metering

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Best For

Landlords who need to recover utility costs from tenants

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EDM Support

Product guidance, registration, support, reporting, and utility management alignment.

Service Overview

What This Service Does

Our prepaid and sub-metering systems help property owners measure electricity and water consumption accurately, recover utility costs, reduce billing disputes, and improve control over monthly utility usage.

Every property has different utility management needs. Some properties require prepaid electricity meters, some require prepaid water meters, and others need a full sub-metering structure where usage is measured per unit, tenant, flat, shop, room, or section.

EDM Solutions assists with the planning, supply, installation, setup, configuration, and support of metering systems that make utility recovery easier and more transparent. Our solutions are suitable for residential buildings, rental properties, estates, sectional title schemes, commercial properties, mixed-use developments, and municipal projects.

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Who This Service Is For

  • Landlords who need to recover utility costs from tenants
  • Body corporates that need fair billing across units
  • Estates and sectional title schemes that need structured metering
  • Commercial properties that need usage allocation between shops or offices
  • Property developers that want metering infrastructure installed from the start
  • Municipalities that require scalable prepaid or sub-metering solutions

Key Benefits

  • Measures electricity and water usage more accurately
  • Recovers utility costs from the correct user or unit
  • Reduces unpaid electricity and water usage
  • Improves monthly cash flow and revenue collection
  • Reduces billing disputes between owners, tenants, and occupants
  • Creates a fairer billing structure for multi-unit properties
  • Improves visibility over electricity and water consumption
  • Supports better utility management and reporting
What EDM Solutions Provides

Service Delivery and Support

EDM Solutions supports each service with practical product knowledge, field awareness, registration guidance, support processes, and utility management thinking.

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Prepaid electricity meter supply and installation

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Prepaid water meter supply and installation

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Electricity sub-metering per unit or tenant

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Water sub-metering per unit or tenant

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Meter replacement and upgrade support

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Meter setup and configuration

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Site assessment and metering layout guidance

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Utility cost recovery support

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Meter reading and reporting support where required

Service Process

How the Process Works

EDM Solutions follows a practical process to understand the environment, recommend the correct approach, and align the service with long-term support and utility management.

  • Assess the property, development, estate, or municipal environment
  • Confirm the electricity and water metering requirements
  • Recommend a prepaid or sub-metering layout for units, tenants, shops, or sections
  • Assist with meter supply, installation, setup, and configuration
  • Support registration, vending readiness, reporting, and ongoing utility management
Service FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is prepaid and sub-metering?

Prepaid and sub-metering allows electricity or water usage to be measured and controlled per unit, tenant, flat, shop, section, or property area. It helps property owners recover utility costs more accurately.

Can EDM Solutions install prepaid electricity and water meters?

Yes. EDM Solutions supports prepaid electricity meters, prepaid water meters, sub-metering layouts, meter setup, configuration, and related support for suitable properties and projects.

Who needs prepaid and sub-metering solutions?

This service is suitable for landlords, property managers, body corporates, estates, commercial buildings, developers, and municipalities that need better control over electricity and water usage.

Service Support

Need prepaid or sub-metering for your property?

Speak to EDM Solutions about the correct product, registration, installation, support, reporting, or utility management approach for this service.