External institutions
Connected to PayNow API
26 Mar 2026
Electric utilities

Handle high-volume power collections with controlled settlement

Electric utilities can connect billing, payment monitoring, and settlement operations to PayNow while preserving institution-level controls.

Pilot institutions
4
Preparing direct connection
Projected volume
ETB 12.2M
Daily run rate
Exception queue
118
Meter reference mismatches
Primary endpoint
/v1/government/electricity
Utility integration

High-volume billing

Power collections require bulk imports, strong idempotency, and fast payment posting across channels.

Bulk first

Prepaid and postpaid

Utilities can adapt the bill structure to prepaid top-ups or postpaid monthly invoicing models.

Flexible routing

Operational watch

Exception handling highlights account mismatches before settlement closes the daily file.

Finance review

Electricity integration posture

Readiness checklist for power utility onboarding.

UtilityModeBilling typeReadinessNext step
AA Power DistrictAPIPostpaidPilotSettlement rehearsal
Dire Dawa UtilityBatchPostpaidDesignCustomer account mapping
Adama UtilityAPIPrepaidPilotWebhook test
Hawassa UtilityBatchPostpaidPlannedSecurity review