There are people among us who are surprised that the electricity company is coming to raise the meters without any defects, especially the old meters and what they call mechanical meters. I wonder who pays the cost of these meters.. And why does the state replace the old meters with another prepaid one? Payment from Abu Card.. Stay with us. Until the end, you will know the details in this video.
This period there is a revolution in the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy regarding the story of changing the old meters with another one of the prepaid meters, which are known in the Egyptian street as Abukart meters, especially since in the past period there was a lot of theft of electrical current from the old meters, especially since this type. The meters do not detect power theft like prepaid meters.
Ok, why does the Ministry of Electricity replace the old meters with meters from Abu Card?
Of course, we are all following what happened in the Ministry of Electricity in the past period, during which the entire country was fighting over the issue of electricity theft, especially since more than a quarter of the electricity produced by Egypt was being stolen without anyone paying its account, and this is what had an impact on the electricity sector and made the state resort to reducing electricity costs. Loads and power cuts to people, which lasted for a whole year, during which people suffered from the issue of power cuts, which initially lasted for one hour, then remained for two hours, and sometimes reached 3 hours.
At the present time, the Ministry of Electricity is aiming to change 4.5 million old mechanical meters for new Abu Card meters, and the state has monitored the 4.5 million meters, and they are located in locked apartments and houses and are not completely in use, and a percentage of them are completely broken, and there is also a percentage. The owners of these meters have not paid the consumption bill for periods exceeding 30 days, especially since the state currently aims to replace the old meters with new prepaid meters, in which the consumption will be paid in advance and every citizen pays for the service before he uses it, except that this type of meters is fully monitored. From the network, and if the citizen thinks that he is stealing power from behind the meters, the meters will alert the company that there is a case of theft, and thus the owner of the meter will be subjected to a very large fine and may also go to prison.
Ok, who will pay for the meter if the company changes the old meter for a new one?
The Electricity Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency said that the lifespan of virtual electricity meters reaches 15 years, and most of the meters in Egyptian homes have exceeded their allotted default lifespan of 15 years, and therefore a large percentage of them have stopped working and must be changed, and that in the case of changing an old meter after… It has been 15 years old. The property owner is the one who pays the money and measurement for the new meter. However, if the meter has not been inspected for 15 years, in this case the ministry deducts the price for the new meter from the old meter, and the citizen pays the remaining percentage.
