In India electricity meters have mainly been electromechanical in nature but are gradually being ... more In India electricity meters have mainly been electromechanical in nature but are gradually being replaced by more sophisticated and accurate digital and electronic meters. A high percentage of electricity revenue is lost due to power theft, incorrect meter reading and billing, and reluctance of consumers towards paying electricity bills on time. This paper proposes a new methodology to implement a controller based smart prepaid energy meter which can also control electricity thefts. The energy meter makes use of the global system for mobile communication [GSM] network to incorporate the facility of prepaid metering system and remote load control. A prepaid energy meter is installed in every consumer home which makes use of an ARM 7[LPC 2148] microcontroller to calculate the energy consumed and a server unit is maintained at the service provider side. Both the units are well equipped with GSM modem. LCD display is used to display the amount of energy consumed. The user can recharge the meter as per his requirements by sending an SMS to the server. The user needs to make an initial recharge to deal with the issues of unpaid bills and human error in billing which eventually ensures justified revenue collection. Also different aspects of electricity theft can be dealt using the proposed algorithms.
In India electricity meters have mainly been electromechanical in nature but are gradually being ... more In India electricity meters have mainly been electromechanical in nature but are gradually being replaced by more sophisticated and accurate digital and electronic meters. A high percentage of electricity revenue is lost due to power theft, incorrect meter reading and billing, and reluctance of consumers towards paying electricity bills on time. This paper proposes a new methodology to implement a controller based smart prepaid energy meter which can also control electricity thefts. The energy meter makes use of the global system for mobile communication [GSM] network to incorporate the facility of prepaid metering system and remote load control. A prepaid energy meter is installed in every consumer home which makes use of an ARM 7[LPC 2148] microcontroller to calculate the energy consumed and a server unit is maintained at the service provider side. Both the units are well equipped with GSM modem. LCD display is used to display the amount of energy consumed. The user can recharge the meter as per his requirements by sending an SMS to the server. The user needs to make an initial recharge to deal with the issues of unpaid bills and human error in billing which eventually ensures justified revenue collection. Also different aspects of electricity theft can be dealt using the proposed algorithms.
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