EKEDC partners Mojec on prepaid meters roll-out

Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) is set to commence a large roll-out of smart prepaid meters to its customers in partnership with Mojec International Limited, Nigeria’s leading indigenous smart meters manufacturing company.

This was made known recently by the management of EKEDC during a tour of its central store located at Ijora Olopa area of Lagos State to inspect thousands of Mojec smart prepaid meters in stock and ready for immediate deployment to satisfy the yearnings of customers.

According to Oladele Amoda, managing director, EKEDC, the Disco was ready under the new meter roll-out plan to ensure that all customers within its network are provided with smart prepaid meters in line with the objective to ensure that both old and unmetered customers within its network are adequately metered.

“This new prepaid meters roll out plan is a massive one, as you can see, we have several thousands of smart meters in our store and our engineers have already commenced installation for the customers. We want to assure all our customers that we would not relent in our effort to ensure all customers are provided with prepaid meters within few months,” he said.

Amoda assured the customers of the company’s commitment to completely eradicate estimated billings which, he noted, is one of the major issues in customers’ dissatisfaction and distrust of the Discos under the old PHCN. He also restated the Disco’s resolve to constantly improve the reliability of the distribution network and enhance consumers’ satisfaction.

He further commended Mojec International Limited for its resolve and commitment as a trusted partner to the utility as well as its provision of world-class quality meters, which are now being deployed to customers.

Also speaking at the event, the Managing Director, Mojec International Limited, Chantelle Abdul, explained that Mojec International prepaid meters are of international standard and are tropicalized for the Nigerian environment to withstand the weather condition such as temperature, humidity, meter tampering and energy theft.

Abdul stated that the meters manufactured in Nigeria by indigenous companies have been specifically designed and crafted to withstand the extreme weather of time and humidity condition as well as theft situation peculiar to the Nigerian environment.

“Meters produced locally are stronger and better suited for the Nigerian utilities than most of the imported meters. To build most of the meters being imported into Nigeria, Nigerian companies had to give feedback to foreign manufacturers to produce meters suitable for the Nigerian environment while meters deployed in Nigeria are made specifically for the Nigerian market.”

Fielding questions from journalists on the quality assurance measures put in place by Mojec to ensure that meters meet requisite standards, she explained that the quality process of Mojec ensures that products are put through different stages of random testing and calibration during the production process an d are later sent to the Meter Testing Stations under EMSL for further testing.

“Mojec range of smart prepaid meters are pretested and confirmed to be of the best quality before they are deployed into the field across Nigeria. This is why all our meters are certified for optimal performance and we provide a 10-year warranty on all meters made by Mojec. At Mojec, we deliberately set a very higher quality standard for ourselves with about 25 percent above the industry standard”, she said.

Abdul commended Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) for the confidence it reposes in Mojec International Limited on the quality of its meters and for the bold step taken in the industry to eliminate estimated billing and ensure that all its customers are metered. She pledged her company’s support and commitment to the EKEDC in its quest to ensure that Eko Disco rolls out over 100,000 meters to customers by the close of 2016.