Commercial · Industrial · Property Funds · Tenants

Smart metering and multi-source energy billing, managed end to end.

Ant Trails meters electricity, water and gas — and uses smart controls to switch and bill across grid, solar and generator. Accurate readings, automated billing, one platform.

Explore the platform What we meter
Portfolio recovery
May 2026
Commercial Property
City of Johannesburg
Recovery
104.0%
Tenants42
Devices
48 22
104%
Total
R 1.14m / R 1.10m
97.0%
Electricity
R 980k / R 1.01m
87.0%
Water
R 79k / R 91k
100%
Common area
R 85k
R 980k + R 79k + R 85k common area = R 1.14m recovered against R 1.10m bulk — 104% recovery.
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What we meter

All utilities, one platform.

Electricity

Multi-source billing with tariff switching directly on the meter — the meter stays the golden source of truth. Energy and demand (kVA) billing included, with tenant billing reconciled against bulk check and municipal meters.

Multi-source Energy & demand billing Bulk check reconciliation

Water

Automated wireless readings from the latest smart water meters, with tenant recovery reconciled against bulk check and municipal meters. Leak, burst, dry and reverse-flow detection built in — temperature included.

Wireless readings Leak & burst detection Dry & reverse flow

Gas

A consolidated view of gas metering and billing, integrated into the same platform as electricity and water — one statement, one reconciliation.

Unified billing
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Multi-tariff switching

The right tariff. Every source. Automatically.

Wireless tariff control modules with smart relays sense the active source — grid, solar or generator — and record the correct tariff in real time, locally on the meter. Each source lands in its own register, so billing is exact.

Ant Trails mark
Grid
Solar
Generator
Smart relay
Detects the active source
Meter · one register per source
Register 1 · GridRECORDING 872 921.8 kWh
Register 2 · SolarRECORDING 128 404.3 kWh
Register 3 · GeneratorRECORDING 44 118.6 kWh
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Portfolio view

Every property, one view.

Recovery per property, live alerts and device health across your whole portfolio — so issues surface before tenants raise them.

Portfolio overview · May 2026
Live
Property 1
Johannesburg · 9 tenants
104%
Property 2
Sandton · 24 tenants
96%
Property 3
Midrand · 18 tenants
102%
Property 4
Umhlanga · 31 tenants
91%
4 properties · 82 tenants98.4% weighted
Alerts
Today
Leak detection
Continuous flow detected · Unit 3A, Property 1
06:12
Night-time usage
Unexpected baseline load at 02:00 · Unit 9, Property 3
02:04
Tariff switch
Generator active — genset tariff recording · Property 2
09:41
Burst alert
Flow spike at 18× average · Bulk line, Property 4
13:27
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Reading & billing

From meter to invoice.

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Read remotely
Wireless AMR pulls readings on schedule — every meter, every source.
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Reconcile per tenant
Consumption split by unit and tariff, checked against bulk and municipal meters.
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Invoice & report
Accurate statements generated automatically, ready to export.
Ant Trails
Tax Invoice
INV-2026-0514
Anchor Tenant · Property 2, Sandton
01 – 31 May 2026
Reading summary
MeterStartEndConsumption
Electricity · Grid
812 440.6 872 921.8 60 481.2 kWh
Peak demand
245.6 kVA
Backup generator
41 002.1 44 118.6 3 116.5 kWh
Water
18 442.7 20 011.2 1 568.5 kL
Cost breakdown
ChargeTariffAmount
Electricity · Energy
Eskom Businessrate 1 · 60 481.2 kWh
R 2.87 / kWh R 173 581.04
Electricity · Demand
Notified maximum demand · 245.6 kVA
R 245.10 / kVA R 60 196.56
Electricity · Backup generator
Genset tariff · 3 116.5 kWh
R 9.87 / kWh R 30 759.86
Water
Municipal supply · 1 568.5 kL
R 44.20 / kL R 69 327.70
SubtotalR 333 865.16
VAT @ 15%R 50 079.77
Total dueR 383 944.93
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For tenants

Leasing space? We can help you too.

Utility bill doesn't add up? You don't need your landlord to be an Ant Trails client to get answers about what your space is really using.

Your meter, on your phone
Where your landlord runs Ant Trails, you get a mobile-friendly view of your own meter, usage and costs.
Independent metering
Landlord not a client? We can meter your space directly, so you own the data behind your bill.
Cost-saving analysis
Usage analysis that shows where the money goes — after-hours load, demand peaks, water loss.
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Get in touch

Meter. Bill. Recover.

We install and manage the meters, run the readings and billing, and recover utility costs across your properties. Get in touch to see it on your portfolio.

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