VeriBills

Smart metering &
bill presentment

From smart meter reading to customer bill delivery — VeriBills ingests meter data, calculates usage charges, generates bills, and delivers them across every channel your customers use. Just as fluent for property managers: tenants pay rental, levies, and prepaid electricity, and log maintenance requests, all from one self-service portal.

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Billing Summary — Q2 2025100% compliant
Bills generated
14,280+18%
Meters connected3,847
Billing exceptions
12Review
Delivery rate99.6%
Bills delivered
Email, SMS, portal & print-ready PDF
14K+
Bills generated/month
3,847
Smart meters connected
99.6%
Bill delivery rate
5 min
Meter-to-bill cycle

The VeriBills Platform

Real-time metering and billing

Data sources
Smart meters
AMI · AMR · DLMS
Prepaid meters
STS tokens · NRS 047
Bulk & check meters
Site & landlord recoveries
Manual readings
Mobile capture & CSV
Property registers
Units, tenants & leases
VeriBills
METERING
TARIFFS
BILLING
INSIGHT
Property managers
Units & leasesRecoveriesMaintenance
Finance
BipraPayMorr ERP
Tenants & customers
PortalWhatsAppSMS & email

Payment settlement & markets

One billing engine, every market

VeriBills presents and rates bills the same way whether the payer is a tenant, a resident, a business, or a debtor — then settles the payment straight back through BipraPay.

  • Bill presentment & rating engine for every tariff structure, from prepaid electricity to flat-rate levies
  • Rental payment capabilities built in — tenants pay rent, levies, and prepaid electricity from one bill
  • DebiCheck-authenticated debit order collection for recurring and debt-recovery billing
  • Bulk billing delivery by email and SMS across every account, every cycle
Rental properties
Rent, levies & prepaid electricity billed and paid together
Municipalities
Prepaid & conventional electricity, rates, and bulk billing at scale
Communal schemes
Levies and shared-service billing across sectional-title and HOA communities
Office parks
Utility recoveries and tenant billing across multi-building commercial sites
Debt collectors
DebiCheck-authenticated debit orders for compliant, recurring debt recovery

Provision Custom Tariffs

Unblock your billing team by letting them tailor existing tariff structures with add-ons, rebates, and free allocations. Offer negotiated rates to landlords, bulk customers, and municipalities without waiting for developers to hardcode them.

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Free basic allocation
First 50 kWh/month
Services added
+Water+Refuse+Sewerage
Rebate applied
−R150.00 · no service fee
Peak rate updated
R4.82 R4.36 /kWh
Custom tariff live

Debt collection & recurring billing

DebiCheck, built for every billing cycle

From pay-as-you-go top-ups to structured repayment plans — VeriBills’ DebiCheck engine handles recurring and debt-recovery billing end to end.

Flexible billing cycles

Pay-as-you-use, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or annual charge cycles — configured per account, per tariff.

Multi-account management

Customers view, pay, and add multiple accounts from a single login — built for landlords and multi-property owners.

Payment plans

Structured instalment plans for large or overdue balances, with automatically adjusted DebiCheck mandates.

DebiCheck debit orders

Bank-authenticated mandates for compliant, low-failure recurring debit order collection.

Tenant self-service portal

Tenants log in to pay and manage debt, fees, and utility charges — no calls, no paperwork.

Downloadable payment history

Download past payments, invoices, and statements anytime — for tenants, customers, or audit records.

From the meter to the mailbox

A reading becomes a bill
in five minutes flat.

3,847 smart meters stream readings into VeriBills. The tariff engine prices every kilowatt. The bill goes out — automatically.

Stage 1 · Read
04827.3 kWh
DLMS/COSEM · IEC 62056 · 15-min intervals
AMIAMRSTS prepaid
Stage 2 · Price
TARIFF ENGINE
Block 1 · 0–50 kWhR1.85
Block 2 · 51–350R2.46
TOU peak surchargeR4.82
IBT · TOU · flat · NERSA-compliant
Stage 3 · Deliver
TAX INVOICE
Energy 312 kWhR 743.20
Network chargeR 128.00
VAT 15%R 130.68
TOTALR 1,001.88
EmailSMSWhatsAppPortalPrint
5 min
Meter-to-bill cycle
14,280
Bills every month
99.6%
Delivery success
Connect your meters

Standards & Compliance

Built for smart metering & utility billing

VeriBills meets the technical and regulatory standards for smart metering, utility billing, and consumer protection across South Africa.

  • SANS 474 smart meter standards
  • NRS 047 prepayment metering
  • NERSA billing regulations
  • CPA consumer billing protections
  • Eskom & municipality tariff structures
SANS 474Certified
NRS 047Certified
NERSACompliant
CPACompliant
Eskom TariffsCompliant

How VeriBills works

Meter reading to delivered bill in 5 minutes

A fully automated pipeline from meter read to customer delivery.

1. Meter reads
AMI/AMR via API, FTP, or direct. DLMS/COSEM & IEC 62056
2. Tariff engine
IBT, TOU, flat rate, Eskom & municipal tariff structures
3. Bill generated
Itemised PDF with VAT, levies, penalties, and payment terms
4. Delivered
Email, SMS, WhatsApp, portal, or print
5. Payment collected
Integrated with BipraPay. Auto-reconciliation
Average meter-to-bill cycle: 5 minutes

Tariff engine

Every South African tariff structure, built in

Inclining block tariffs (IBT)

Eskom and municipal IBT with configurable thresholds per block. NERSA-compliant.

0–50 kWhR1.85/kWh
51–350 kWhR2.46/kWh
351+ kWhR3.12/kWh
Time-of-use (TOU)

Peak, standard, off-peak with seasonal adjustments. Mega-flex and Nightsave variants.

Peak (07:00–10:00)R4.82/kWh
StandardR1.94/kWh
Off-peak (22:00–06:00)R0.87/kWh
Prepaid & token metering

STS-compliant token generation. NRS 047 certified. Low-credit alerts and auto top-up.

  • STS standard tokens
  • Low-credit SMS/email alerts
  • Auto top-up via debit order
  • Vending terminal integration

Delivery channels

Reach every customer, on every channel

Email
HTML & PDF
SMS
Summary + pay link
WhatsApp
Interactive bill & pay
Self-service portal
Tenants pay rental, levies & electricity, and log maintenance requests
Print PDF
Physical mail or bureau

"We manage 3,800 prepaid meters across 12 municipality contracts. Before VeriBills, monthly bills took a team of 6 three full days. Now it runs automatically overnight."

MN
Mpho Ndaba
Operations Director, MetroMeter Solutions

Meter data to customer bill in minutes

Connect your smart meters, configure your tariffs, and let VeriBills handle the rest — automated from reading to delivery.

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BIPRA FAQ Assistant
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General support
+27 67 716 4066
Sales & demos
+27 67 716 4066
Developer support
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