Programme | BMM Smart Utility Programme

Programme Architecture

Two phases, one continuous platform

Phase 1 activates immediate cost avoidance and recovers UtCS capital. The transition milestone transfers assets to BMM, after which Phase 2 compounds savings through optimisation.

Phase 1Turnkey deployment

Cost Avoidance Activation

Finance infrastructure
Deploy electricity meters
Deploy water meters
Commission prepaid platform
Resident onboarding
Revenue collection
Meter management
Capital recovery

61.66%

immediate cost avoidance

Transition MilestoneCAPEX recovery & asset transfer to BMM

Phase 2Ongoing service agreement

Cost Avoidance Optimisation

Reduce service fee
NMD optimisation
Smart load limiting
Residential Mine-Rebates
Bulk Water Balancing
Non-Revenue Water identification
Nano-Grid siting
Continuous analytics

81.50% → 92.03%

base saving → optimisation target

Build–operate–transfer

Who owns what, and when

The asset ownership migrates to BMM once UtCS has recovered its capital — aligning incentives across the full programme lifecycle.

UtCS

Step 1 · Finance

UtCS funds & owns the assets

R17.9m metering CAPEX carried entirely by UtCS
BMM commits zero upfront capital
UtCS operates vending & maintains all meters

Shared

Step 2 · Recover

Phase 1 service fee recovers capital

38.34% service fee applied to avoided cost
Full CAPEX recovered in ~11 months
BMM already banking 61.66% cost avoidance

BMM

Step 3 · Transfer

Meter assets transfer to BMM

Ownership of all 1,920 meters passes to BMM
Service fee drops to 18.50% (Phase 2)
Cost avoidance rises to 81.50% and beyond