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| Design and Implementation of an Improved Apartment Prepaid Electricity Metering System in Uganda |
Eng. Kibirige David, Makumbi David , Kanyana Ruth, Namulawa Hawa , Kasango Ramadhan
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Abstract:
In Uganda, Umeme Ltd is responsible for the billing and supply of electric power. Previously a postpaid metering system was used but there was a challenge when it came to recording of the readings because most premises were inaccessible due to different reasons. Umeme later introduced Yaka, a prepaid metering system where the customer is automatically turned off once the units paid for are fully used up. The charges involved in connecting and servicing Yaka to tenants are high and therefore the apartment managers resort to having single Yaka meter for several tenants however each tenant consumes different units which makes the available billing mechanism of contributing equal amount of money becomes unfair to tenants. This paper aims to design an improved pre-paid metering system for tenants which can be used in addition to the current Yaka System to solve the above-mentioned challenges. With this, several tenants can have a single Yaka meter but still be able to attain units that are proportional to their contribution of payments for Yaka units. This system also allows tenants to share and load units using the key pad and a phone.
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