Purse strings are getting tighter and what better way to manage some of your variable expenses than by installing a pre- paid electricity meter. Prepaid meters can be a useful tool for managing your energy costs. As the name suggests they require you to pay for your energy in advance. With a prepaid meter it’s much easier to avoid building up a debt for your electricity bill and you can manage your usage to suit your budget.
All Trustgro homes come standard with pre-paid electricity meters.
Advantages of prepaid meters
- You’re in control of how much and how often you top up,
- Buying electricity is as easy and instant,
- You don’t have to worry about building up debt because you can easily track your consumption,
- You always have an idea of what your remaining balance is as it’s displayed clearly on the meter
- You don’t receive any bills, you pay in advance
- Using a prepaid meter thus allows you to save electricity, which in turn leads to saving money
- Saving electricity will also help with reduction of load shedding
- Finally, saving electricity will also give you a warm fuzzy feeling, as you will be doing your bit as environmental conservationist, reducing the impact that energy consumption has on the environment and slowing down global warming.
Your energy usage will almost certainly increase during winter months; meaning your weekly top-ups would also have to increase. When you ‘pay-as-you-go’ this may be even more noticeable and have greater impact on your daily and weekly budgeting. It may help to spread out your payments evenly over the year to build up credit during the summer months, ready for the winter. If you leave home for several days, you must remember to charge your key or card, and to credit your meter.