Tantalus Systems announced it has executed a partnership agreement with PayGo. The combined offering will enable utilities to offer improved customer service and flexible payment solutions to the communities they serve. PayGo Cloud CIS is a single solution for prepay, post-pay, and payment processing.

PayGo Prepay is a standalone complement to a utility's existing CIS that helps customers reduce consumption, pay off debt, and budget for their utility bills. Utilities contemplating a future CIS replacement can deploy PayGo Prepay initially and evolve to PayGo Cloud CIS over time. Through the partnership between Tantalus and PayGo, utilities will be empowered to leverage the granular interval data captured and analyzed through their TUNet smart grid platform to improve their customer service by enabling consumers to budget for their usage of electricity, water and gas.

By deploying the joint solution, utilities will also be able to mitigate risks associated with collecting fees from their consumers and reconnecting vital services for those customers in arrears.