MRI Energy Tenant Billing vs Smarty Utility Management

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Smarty Utility Management is Punch’s sub-metering and utility management service for multi-unit properties. It covers prepaid and smart electricity, water, and gas metering, alongside automated billing, vending, collections, and arrears recovery. Punch meters are installed as secondary meters, leaving municipal meters untouched and the supply live. Property teams can use NERSA-aligned time-of-use, block, seasonal, fixed, and demand tariffs, as well as Free Basic Electricity support. Billing options include flat, usage-based, tiered or block, time-of-use, demand, reactive-energy, percentage-based, and fixed-fee methods. The STS vending dashboard supports multiple payment channels and automated token receipts. Monitoring includes real-time consumption data, remote connection and disconnection, tamper, bypass, and leak alerts, plus tariff switching among grid, solar, and generator sources. Residents can use an installable Progressive Web App to check balances and purchase history and make vending purchases. The service also offers single and bulk SMS, audit trails, and lookup. Pricing is on request; listed plans are Rent-to-Own (36 months), Monthly Rental (Evergreen), and Upfront Purchase.