{"id":4334,"date":"2024-09-16T11:42:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2024-09-16T11:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:42:07","slug":"5-7-billion-debt-forces-zetdc-to-install-prepares-smart-metre-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4334","title":{"rendered":"5.7 Billion Debt Forces ZETDC to Install Prepares Smart Metre System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Innocent Sibonginkosi Ncube<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is introducing a smart prepaid billing system for large and medium power users starting October 1, 2024, due to a $5.7 billion debt crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The debt has severely impacted operations, resulting in cash flow constraints that threaten service delivery and energy security,&#8221; said Wellington Takavarasha, CEO of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ZETDC requires customers to clear their arrears and prepay their bills by September 30, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The migration to the smart prepaid billing system is urgent, and customers must prepare for the transition to avoid any disruptions,&#8221; Takavarasha emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key points discussed during a meeting between ZMF and ZETDC include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ZETDC&#8217;s significant debt of approximately $5.7 billion across various customer segments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The debt&#8217;s severe impact on operations and energy security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The transition to the smart prepaid billing system starting October 1, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The need for customers to clear arrears and prepay by September 30, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers are encouraged to contact their local ZETDC account managers for further clarification on the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innocent Sibonginkosi Ncube The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is introducing a smart prepaid billing system for large and medium power users starting October 1, 2024, due to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-main-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4336,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4334\/revisions\/4336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}