Sub-metering & tenant billing · South Africa

Every kilowatt, accounted for.

Metriq reads each tenant’s meter automatically, applies your tariff and sends every tenant an itemised PDF invoice on your billing day. No clipboards, no spreadsheets, no guessing.

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Live Running in production for South African properties

tariff engines
4 Flat rate, time-of-use, block and reactive energy
between readings
~10min Pushed from each meter automatically
your billing day
1–28 Full-month periods, in your property’s time zone
per tenant, per month
1PDF Itemised and emailed without you touching it
§ 01 · The month-end problem

Sub-metering shouldn’t be a second job.

If you recover electricity from tenants, you already know the routine. Metriq replaces it line by line.

Billing by hand On Metriq
01Someone walks the building with a clipboard Meters report in on their own, every few minutes
02Estimates when a unit is locked Every invoice is backed by timestamped readings
03A spreadsheet of formulas only one person trusts Four tariff engines do the maths the same way every time
04Retyping rates when the municipality changes them in July Edit a shared tariff plan once and every tenant on it is repriced
05Common-area power quietly absorbed by the owner Common-property cost shared by floor area, with the basis on the invoice
06Tenants phoning to ask what they used Tenants log in and see it: this month, six months, the last 24 hours
§ 02 · How it works

From meter to inbox, untouched.

  1. 01

    Meter

    A smart energy meter on each tenant’s supply, installed by a qualified electrician.

  2. 02

    Readings

    Consumption streams to Metriq automatically. No site visits, no manual reads.

  3. 03

    Tariff

    Your rate is applied, whether flat, time-of-use or block, plus any fixed and common-property charges.

  4. 04

    Invoice

    On your billing day each tenant is emailed an itemised PDF invoice and can view it in their portal.

The full walkthrough
§ 03 · Tenant portal

Fewer “how much did I use?” calls.

Every tenant gets their own login with their invoices and a live view of their consumption. If one person rents two units, they switch between them under one login.

  • Month-to-date kWh and a projected cost for the month
  • Six months of history and the last 24 hours, hour by hour
  • Every invoice, downloadable as a PDF
  • Self-service password reset by email
Tenant portal · Consumption
Metriq
Dashboard
Consumption
Invoices
Month to date
412.6 kWh
vs 470.1 kWh last month
Projected this month
R 1 391 est.
at your current tariff
Last 6 months
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Last 24 hours
Recreated from the live tenant portal · sample data
§ 04 · Who it’s for

Built for the people who carry the utility bill.

01

Landlords

A handful of flats, a cottage or a strip of shops. Stop reading meters by hand and recover what your tenants use, at the rate you set.

Read more → 02

Body corporates

Units on individual meters behind a bulk supply. Transparent per-unit billing, with common-property consumption shared on a stated basis.

Read more → 03

Property managers

Several buildings, several owners. Each owner gets a login that shows only their own properties, and every building bills on schedule.

Read more →
§ 05 · Pricing

Two parts.
Both in writing.

Metriq charges a monthly fee per meter, plus a percentage of the energy value it bills (kWh used × the rate you set). You set the rate your tenants pay, and annual municipal tariff updates are part of the service.

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Next step

See your building on Metriq.

Tell us about your property: how many units, how they are supplied and how you bill today. We will show you how the first month would work.

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