By Elena Kachkova in Johannesburg City Power, a power utility fully-owned by the City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality in South Africa, has identified “affluent” customers and businesses who are bypassing their smart prepaid meters to steal electricity from the national grid. During a routine inspection, City Power found that over 10,000 meters in upmarket areas have not been vending for over three months. The utility has decided to convert all of those found guilty into post-paid customers, the local B2B journal Energize reports. “City Power has spent millions of rands on installing …
