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The Power of Prepaid
SMARTPOWER Enables Pre-Purchase of Electricity

QUITMAN, TX and BURNABY, BC (August 2, 2005) Wood County Electric Cooperative and Info Touch Technologies have announced initial results of their self-service, prepaid power program.

Wood County Electric Cooperative (WCEC) customers can now pre-purchase their electricity using cash or a credit card at seven designated payment locations (kiosks) located throughout the nine counties they serve. The customers enrolled in WCEC’s SMARTPOWER program need only their cash or credit card and their WCEC provided SmartCard. Once their desired amount is entered into the Info Touch kiosk the value is loaded onto the SmartCard. When the customer is ready to transfer credit, they insert their card into the display unit supplied by WCEC. The display unit provides the SMARTPOWER customers with information that shows how much credit is left on the meter, in addition to a history of the power they have consumed.

“Pre-pay energy solutions are the wave of the future,” said Debbie Robinson CEO/general manager of Wood County Electric Cooperative. “A big part of the program is all about helping our member-customers better control their electricity consumption and budgeting.”

Source: Info Touch Technologies (infotouch.net)
Wood County Electric Cooperative (wcec.org)