Georgetown : Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Bharrat Dindyal said pre-paid meters are selling itself and has become the metering system of choice by consumers.
He explained that this demand is currently placing a significant financial burden on the utility company as GPL has just placed an order for about 12,000 meters at the cost of about US $1.2M.
“I think we no longer need to sell prepaid meters, almost all the consumers who are using these meters have good things to say to the extent that people are coming in large numbers asking to be converted from post-paid to prepaid but, the problem for us is keeping up with that demand,” the CEO said.
Prepaid meters are supplied free of cost; however, one prepaid meter costs the power company about US$130 (both cost of meter and installation).
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