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title: "Thola: Energy Cost Recovery in South Africa"
description: "Spot peak-cost hours and set a 0.9%–8% Energy Premium in South Africa. Updates every 30 minutes to recover demand costs and cut future bills."
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published_at: "2026-07-20T18:46:10.311Z"
updated_at: "2026-09-09T07:16:37.842Z"
---

# Thola: Energy Cost Recovery in South Africa

Spot peak-cost hours and set a 0.9%–8% Energy Premium in South Africa. Updates every 30 minutes to recover demand costs and cut future bills.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities)
- [Thola](/thola)

## Summary

Recover peak energy costs and protect operating margin

Energy margin software that helps high-load businesses spot peak-cost periods, apply an Energy Premium to recover costs, and reduce future utility bills.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.getthola.com/ |
| Tagline | Recover peak energy costs and protect operating margin |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Thola is a web-based energy margin software platform for high-load commercial and industrial sites that need to see when electricity costs are eroding profit and take targeted actions to recover and reduce those costs.

Key capabilities include:

- **Site load modelling** to identify **peak-cost operating periods** and understand when energy demand increases during hot or busy hours
- **Energy Premium recommendations** (typically **0.9%–8%**) to help businesses **recover peak-demand costs**, with rates **updated every 30 minutes**
- **Real-time visibility** into load and margin impact, helping operators pinpoint pressure periods and act quickly
- **Guidance to reduce future bills** through **load shifting** and a data-backed roadmap for **energy upgrades** with clear ROI

Available on **Web**.

Built for energy-intensive businesses such as **restaurants, coffee shops, laundromats, gyms, grocery stores, salons, commercial kitchens**, and other equipment-driven sites managing recurring utility pressure.

Notable for its **software-first** approach that connects to existing meters and data sources, helping African businesses start faster without heavy upfront hardware while supporting better energy decisions across commercial and industrial infrastructure.

## Features

- [Energy & Utilities](/categories/energy-utilities): Category
- [AI-Powered](/tags/ai-powered): Product feature or technology
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [Business Intelligence](/tags/business-intelligence): Product feature or technology
- [Predictive Analytics](/tags/predictive-analytics): Product feature or technology
- [SaaS](/tags/saas): Product feature or technology
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/thola/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/thola/reviews)
- [Transparency](/thola/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/thola)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)