KPLC – How To Activate Kenya Power Prepaid Meter

KPLC – How To Activate Kenya Power Prepaid Meter: As an electricity utility company, Kenya Power is responsible for the transmission, distribution, and retailing of electricity to more than 6.2 million consumers across the region. In 2009, Kenya Power launched prepaid digital meters as a pilot and then later rolled out, now enabling customers to use the units they paid for as the payment form by buying a recharge card consisting of a 20-digit number similar to a scratch card for cell phone airtime, then entering the number on the meter. The recharge is instant and you do not need to think about the late payment and reconnection fees that are part of the postpaid agreement and can be charged at your convenience. When the units go below 20, an alarm will warn you to encourage you to top up. It was designed to save fuel, encourage use and payment of utility bills. This was a landmark since, in addition to the inconvenience of the power disconnections that customers encountered, the company no longer incurred postage costs for shipping bills.

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Activation of the Kenya Power Prepaid Meter

A prepaid power meter is a meter with a customer interface unit that has a cell phone-like screen that allows customers to control their power usage in the same way as mobile phone credit units are handled. The payment structure is based every month, where the monthly fixed fee of Sh 120 is subtracted at the first end of the month. On top of the fixed charge, the first 50 units cost the user Ksh 2 per unit. Any unit consumed above 50 but below 1500, however, is billed at Ksh 8.10 per unit and Ksh 18.57 per unit above that.

The KPLC tokens are accessible from different sources. In addition to other third-party suppliers including Uchumi supermarket, Airtel, and Safaricom, Electricity House, and Stima Plaza (M-PESA). To purchase the tokens, an 11 digit meter ID card or serial number is required and once you pay the sum you wish to buy tokens, a receipt is issued with a 20 digit token. As the prepaid meter comes with pre-loaded 5-30 units that are recovered on a subsequent purchase, one can buy as much as they want. Click Enter on the prepaid meter to check the meter number key at 100. By purchasing tokens through M-PESA and AirtelMoney, KPLC meter activation can be done from the comfort of your home.

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Bill for M-Pesa Pay

  • Join KPLC prepaid undertaking number 888880 or 88888880
  • Enter your number for the 11-digit meter
  • Enter the number from 250 to 35,000
  • Define your M-Pesa pin
  • Confirm and file information
  • M-Pesa SMS Confirming Transaction
  • SMS with a 20-digit token from KPLC.

Airtel Money

  • Pick payments and pay bills
  • Select Prepaid KPLC
  • Specify the sum
  • Details confirm
  • Enter your Pin for Airtel Money
  • Enter the KPLC prepaid 11-digit number under the reference option.
  • Airtel Money SMS Confirming Transaction
  • KPLC’s SMS with a 20-digit token

Activation of prepaid meters is straightforward in terms of buying the tokens then keying digits on the meter and customers have met mixed reactions, but all in all, it makes it simpler for one to regulate their power consumption.

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