Feeder meters and substations on a connected municipal grid

Smart metering & utility data · AMI

Powering revenue.Protecting the grid

Municipal utilities and distributors still run on manual reads, estimated bills and fragmented meter/billing systems. Joule scopes, coordinates and delivers AMI locally — on NuriFlex hardware and software — so meter data can feed billing, operations and revenue assurance.

  • Remote reading, prepaid and billing integration
  • HES / MDMS, exception handling and data readiness
  • Install, commissioning and support defined by contract
  • Loss intelligence (ELMS) when you are ready to investigate

From the meter to the briefing.

Three buyer paths. Same South African team — municipalities, commercial & industrial, and property, estate & residential.

Technician inspecting a utility distribution transformer with generic monitoring equipment

AMI · ELMS · TMS · HES / MDMS

Municipalities & utilities.

Manual reads, estimated billing and fragmented meter-to-billing systems still leave revenue and network condition hard to see. Joule coordinates a local AMI programme — meters, communications, HES and MDMS — so data can feed billing, operations and revenue assurance, with loss intelligence and transformer monitoring when the network is ready.

  1. 01

    See the leakage

    Remote reading and AI loss detection end estimated bills and surface theft, tamper and technical losses — then prioritise anomalous circuits for investigation. Enforcement and recovery stay with the utility.

  2. 02

    Run the stack

    One programme from meter to management: smart metering and utility data, HES/MDMS configuration, prepaid where required, and billing or CIS integration scoped by contract — installed and supported here.

  3. 03

    Watch the assets

    Transformer and distribution monitoring adds load, temperature and condition alerts so maintenance is planned from operating data, not only after a feeder fails.

  4. 04

    Stay accountable

    Director-led South African delivery, Level 1 B-BBEE, ISO 50001 practice and after-sales that outlasts handover — one local partner from supply through support.

  • Metering and data-readiness assessment
  • AMI design, pilot and rollout coordination
  • Loss-data diagnostic or scoped ELMS pilot
  • Transformer monitoring requirements review
Commercial building with rooftop solar and EV charging at dusk

xEMS · ESCO · M&V · ISO 50001

Commercial & industrial.

Warehouses, process plant, campuses and fleets often sit on fragmented site data, unmanaged peak demand and little operational feedback. Joule runs energy assessment, building and industrial energy management (xEMS), and improvement workflow — with measurement & verification and ISO 50001 support where the contract includes them. We do not quote a guaranteed savings percentage.

  1. 01

    Establish the baseline

    An energy performance review maps meters, loads and data gaps first. Improvement talk starts from a measured baseline and a clear measurement plan — not a slide of promised savings.

  2. 02

    Run the energy platform

    xEMS monitors, analyses and helps operate energy across buildings, industrial parks and multi-site portfolios — peak visibility, generation integration where present, and reporting the operations team can act on.

  3. 03

    Prove what changed

    Contracted M&V and ISO 50001 practice turn improvement work into auditable evidence. Field optimisation stays on the same campus and the same accountable local team.

  4. 04

    Extend when ready

    Solar performance monitoring, DER coordination or VPP readiness can be scoped with partners once site data and control boundaries are solid — without claiming a trading licence or market revenue.

  • Energy performance review
  • xEMS platform delivery and improvement workflow
  • M&V and ISO 50001 support where contracted
  • Optional solar / DER readiness scoping
Residential townhouses in an estate at sunset

Estate metering · Tenant billing · EPC · DER readiness

Property, estate & residential.

Landlord and tenant billing, estate metering, common-area loads and on-site solar or storage usually sit in different contracts. Joule puts metering, billing visibility and energy data under one local programme for property managers, estates and residential complexes — with building-performance assessment arranged through a registered professional, and DER or microgrid feasibility scoped with licensed engineering partners.

  1. 01

    Unify the meters

    Estate metering and landlord/tenant utility management on one local contract — so consumption, exceptions and billing visibility stop living in separate silos.

  2. 02

    Make the estate visible

    Common areas, bulk supply and rooftop solar or storage become readable on the same energy picture property and facilities teams use for operations and resident communication.

  3. 03

    Assess building performance

    Where EPC or existing-building assessment is required, Joule arranges delivery through an appropriately registered professional — with optional improvement support after the assessment, without claiming corporate accreditation.

  4. 04

    Scope the next layer

    DER and microgrid feasibility for campuses or estates can be coordinated with licensed partners once metering and energy data are in place — feasibility and readiness, not a construction or trading claim.

  • Estate and tenant utility-management scoping
  • Metering and billing-visibility programme
  • Building performance / EPC via registered professional
  • DER or microgrid feasibility discussion

The suite.

All solutions

Metering, transformer health, loss detection, energy management, VPP and city IoT — plus ESCO services for commercial sites. The full width of the stack, one local partner.

Stop leakage at the meter — with an audit trail you can enforce.

AMI remote reading and prepayment end estimated billing. ELMS adds AI-powered detection of theft, tampering and technical losses across the network.

See ELMS
Estimated bills with AMI remote reading
0
Network telemetry into HES and MDMS
24/7
Deep-learning theft and tamper detection
AI
Registered patents behind the platform
65+

Trusted on South African sites.

Local references
  • Hollard
  • SPAR
  • Broll
  • PPC
  • Cibapac
  • Dis-Chem Pharmacies

Questions.

Level 1 B-BBEE · ISO 50001 · AEE · Mitesh Bhawan

Your energy partner, end to end.