Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) has experienced major problems with billing and collecting revenues. To improve customer services; and improve the collection of revenues, the utility company switched to an electricity prepayment syst...
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okr-10986-99662021-04-23T14:02:48Z Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project World Bank ATM AVAILABILITY BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS OPERATIONS CONSERVATION CUSTOMER SERVICES ELECTRIC SUPPLY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY USE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY STRATEGIES ENTERPRISE NETWORK GAS HOME PAGE INNOVATIONS INPUT DEVICE INPUT DEVICES INSTALLATION MONITORS OIL POWER POWER SECTOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE UTILITY COMPANY WEB WEB SITE The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) has experienced major problems with billing and collecting revenues. To improve customer services; and improve the collection of revenues, the utility company switched to an electricity prepayment system using Electricity Dispensers (ED). The ED which is an electric meter fitted with a circuit breaker, a computer logic chip and an input device, is installed in the customer's premises. The input devices are either magnetic card readers, similar to those on Automated Teller Machine (ATM), or numeric keypads similar to a telephone keypad. The input device allows the customer to control electricity-related consumption and expenditure. 2012-08-13T10:00:42Z 2012-08-13T10:00:42Z 1996-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/06/13983086/improving-commercial-practices-electrical-utility-electricity-dispenser-system-tanzania-component-tanzania-power-four-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9966 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 5 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Tanzania |
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ATM AVAILABILITY BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BUSINESS OPERATIONS CONSERVATION CUSTOMER SERVICES ELECTRIC SUPPLY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY USE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY STRATEGIES ENTERPRISE NETWORK GAS HOME PAGE INNOVATIONS INPUT DEVICE INPUT DEVICES INSTALLATION MONITORS OIL POWER POWER SECTOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE UTILITY COMPANY WEB WEB SITE World Bank Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project |
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The Tanzania Electric Supply Company
(TANESCO) has experienced major problems with billing and
collecting revenues. To improve customer services; and
improve the collection of revenues, the utility company
switched to an electricity prepayment system using
Electricity Dispensers (ED). The ED which is an electric
meter fitted with a circuit breaker, a computer logic chip
and an input device, is installed in the customer's
premises. The input devices are either magnetic card
readers, similar to those on Automated Teller Machine (ATM),
or numeric keypads similar to a telephone keypad. The input
device allows the customer to control electricity-related
consumption and expenditure. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project |
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Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project |
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Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project |
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Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project |
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Improving the Commercial Practices of an Electrical Utility : Electricity Dispenser System in Tanzania - A Component of the Tanzania Power VI Project |
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improving the commercial practices of an electrical utility : electricity dispenser system in tanzania - a component of the tanzania power vi project |
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Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1996/06/13983086/improving-commercial-practices-electrical-utility-electricity-dispenser-system-tanzania-component-tanzania-power-four-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9966 |
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