Telecom TowerCo, Passive Infrastructure & ESCO Power-as-a-Service ERP: Multi-MNO Colocation Lease Escalation, Solar-Hybrid/DG Fuel Theft Telemetry & 99.95% Uptime SLA Credits

Independent Telecom Tower Companies (TowerCos), Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), and passive infrastructure operators managing 500 to 5,000+ cell sites across East Africa earn long-term recurring revenue by leasing vertical mast space, ground shelter/cabinet footprints, and guaranteed -48V DC power to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), ISPs, and broadcasters. Yet profitability on remote off-grid and bad-grid sites is constantly threatened by diesel generator (DG) fuel pilferage during refuel drops and site visits, unbilled MNO extra antenna/MW dish wind-load additions, missed landlord ground-lease escalations, and SLA penalty deductions triggered by battery-bank exhaustion.

At devManue, we engineer specialized Telecom TowerCo, Passive Infrastructure & ESCO Power-as-a-Service ERP platforms that unify Master Lease Agreement (MLA) colocation billing, RMS/SNMP DC power & fuel-probe telemetry, automated diesel refuel dispatch validation, landlord ground-rent ledgers, and preventative field-technician maintenance.

1. Securing Site Energy Margins, Colocation Revenue & 99.95% DC Uptime

• Multi-Tenant Colocation & Wind-Load Space Audit Billing: Tracks every tenant’s exact installed equipment per tower (RF sector antennas, RRU units, microwave dishes by diameter and height, and indoor/outdoor rack units) against their contracted Master Lease Agreement (MLA) baseline—automatically billing incremental monthly colocation surcharges whenever structural loading or DC load (kW) exceeds the standard configuration.
• Closed-Loop Diesel Generator (DG) Fuel Delivery & Theft Detection: Compares bowser flow-meter delivery tickets against ultrasonic/capacitive tank level probes and compares hourly DG fuel drop against actual kWh generated on the AC/DC energy meter—flagging instant siphon drops or rigged hour-meters within 60 seconds.
• Pass-Through vs. Fixed-Energy Model Settlement: Supports both Power Pass-Through (splitting actual KPLC grid bills + DG diesel costs across tenants by metered -48V DC multi-channel branch consumption) and fixed-tariff ESCO $/kWh billing.

2. Multi-Tenant DC Energy Pass-Through & DG Fuel Anomaly Engine

Our TowerCo/ESCO settlement engine allocates monthly grid and diesel generation costs proportionally across colocated MNO tenants using sub-metered -48V DC load shares, while auditing generator Specific Fuel Consumption (L/kWh) to isolate fuel theft:

from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP

class TowerCoColocationAndEnergyEngine:
    """
    Allocates site grid + diesel energy costs across MNO tenants by metered
    -48V DC kWh share and detects generator fuel pilferage anomalies.
    """
    @staticmethod
    def compute_site_energy_allocation_and_fuel_audit(
        total_site_grid_bill_kes: Decimal,
        dg_hours_run: Decimal,
        dg_kwh_generated: Decimal,
        actual_fuel_consumed_litres: Decimal,
        standard_sfc_litres_per_kwh: Decimal,
        diesel_price_per_litre_kes: Decimal,
        tenant_dc_kwh_map: dict[str, Decimal],
    ) -> dict:
        expected_fuel_litres = (dg_kwh_generated * standard_sfc_litres_per_kwh).quantize(
            Decimal("0.01"), rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP
        )
        unexplained_fuel_loss_litres = max(Decimal("0.00"), actual_fuel_consumed_litres - expected_fuel_litres)
        billable_fuel_cost_kes = (expected_fuel_litres * diesel_price_per_litre_kes).quantize(
            Decimal("0.01"), rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP
        )
        total_pass_through_pool_kes = total_site_grid_bill_kes + billable_fuel_cost_kes

        total_tenant_dc_kwh = sum(tenant_dc_kwh_map.values(), Decimal("0.00"))
        tenant_allocations = {}
        for mno, kwh in tenant_dc_kwh_map.items():
            share = (kwh / total_tenant_dc_kwh) if total_tenant_dc_kwh > 0 else Decimal("0")
            tenant_allocations[mno] = (total_pass_through_pool_kes * share).quantize(
                Decimal("0.01"), rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP
            )
        return {
            "expected_dg_fuel_litres": expected_fuel_litres,
            "suspected_pilferage_litres": unexplained_fuel_loss_litres,
            "total_pass_through_energy_kes": total_pass_through_pool_kes,
            "tenant_energy_invoices_kes": tenant_allocations,
        }

3. Landlord Ground-Lease Registry, Aviation Obstruction Lights & Access Control

Tracks 10-to-25-year landlord ground leases (with automated 90-day rent-payment and escalation alerts, withholding-tax certificates, and wayleave renewals) and integrates with smart site padlocks so subcontractors can only open a site gate or fuel tank cage during an approved NOC ticket window.