Abstract:
The automated electricity billing system is implemented for the purpose of
getting a fully automated electricity billing system. The aim of this system is
to measure and monitor the electricity consumed by consumers in a locality
and transmitting the consumed power to the station as well as issuing the
bill of consumed power automatically. It is also aims to find the
malpractices in the meter. Using this system the Electricity Board can
access all data regarding the consumed power in each home and in each
station. From the data the Board can find out power theft also it is also
offers a system to charge extra payment for the excess usage of power at
peak time (6.00 to 10.00pm). GSM is using for automating the system. The
consumed unit transmission and bill reception are achieved by the GSM
module in the client side. Billing system can be prepaid or postpaid.
Features are prepaid or postpaid billing inverter charging isolation peak
time detection and doubling the rate peak time overload detection peak time
power plug isolation power failure detection & sending message to server
power theft detection wireless system control voltage measuring and cutting.