Energy — smart metering, solar and lighting

Orah Energy

One system for Orah Energy: a public website, customer self-service forms and an operations platform that runs metering applications, field installations and team work.

Orah Energy website homepage

Project link: orahenergy.co.za

The organisation

Orah Energy works across solar energy (EPC), advanced lighting and smart metering. Beyond a website that explains these services, the business needed to take customer applications online, track meter installations from audit to go-live, give technicians digital forms in the field and keep office staff, technicians and managers working from one system.

What it does

  • Public website for solar, lighting and smart metering services, with enquiry and quotation routes
  • Step-by-step online forms for meter registration, water and electricity service applications, token transfers and discontinuation notices, with document uploads and signatures
  • Dashboard to review, process and follow up every customer submission
  • Installation tracker taking each meter from audit through allocation, installation, verification and go-live, with a full history of every change
  • CSV import and technician assignment for installation work
  • Field forms for meter audits, breaker replacements and meter installations, with before-and-after photos and signatures
  • Task manager for assigning work with due dates, priorities and blocked-task reasons
  • Email and SMS notifications for customers and staff
  • Role-based access for technicians, employees, admins and super admins
  • System health checks, error monitoring and a backup-before-migrate release process

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