Smart Prepaid Energy Meter

Abstract

The goal of this study is to create a smart prepaid energy meter that can address some of the problems India's present metering system is now facing. The majority of energy meters in India are electrochemical in design, although digital and electronics metros are progressively taking their position as more reliable and accurate energy meters. Power theft, inaccurate meter reading and invoicing, and consumers who are reluctant to pay their electricity bills on time all contribute to the loss of a significant amount of money from the sale of electricity. Delivering the same amount that was paid before consumption will generate significant revenue from customers. This study recommends a smart prepaid energy meter that offers services including prepaid billing and electricity theft. For a prepaid system, our suggested design model includes an Arduino UNO and GSM technology. For the purpose of detecting electricity theft, the model uses CT and PT to detect the current and voltage differential, respectively. Over the proteus platform, the proposed model is tested and simulated.