Beware of Swindlers: How to upgrade STS prepaid meter for free

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), has cautioned its customers against falling victim to swindlers as the planned upgrade of the Standard Transfer Specification (STS) prepaid meters in its network will be free-of-charge.

“It will be done at no cost to customers,” the Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, gave the clarification in a statement on Thursday.

According to Ezeh, the warning became necessary because of information received by the company about activities of some unscrupulous elements who are extorting unsuspecting customers in the name of upgrading their meters.

He said that customers should not fall prey to these elements, as no customer would be charged a kobo to have his or her meter upgraded.

“The upgrading process will be simply by punching into the meter the Key Change Tokens (KCT), which will be provided to the customers alongside the credit token, when they go to recharge their meters.

“What we just did, as a matter of responsibility, was to notify our customers of this exercise and appeal to them to ensure that their prepaid meters are upgraded before Nov. 24, 2024,” he said.