During yesterday’s launch of “ Sahaj
Bijli Har Ghar Yojana “ , Shri R K Singh ( Minister for Power and New
and Renewable Energy ) said :
“ Under
the scheme, smart and e-meters will
be installed at every village and one would be able to recharge them with the
phones, just like their telephone connection. One can even do a recharge of Rs
50. “
I hope those “ smart e-meters “ conform
to the design described in my following email :
From: Hemen
Parekh
Sent: 19 May 2017 13:12
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Subject: Nothing can get Simpler !
A Pre-paid
Electricity Meter ?
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In an interview with
Economic Times ( 15 May ) , Minister for Power / Renewable Energy , Shri Piyush Goyalji says
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“ UPA has been a sad example as during its tenure , people
used to receive high power bills all of a sudden . In some cases, the poor will
not receive bills for months together and one day , he will receive a bill for
last two years
Then he is harassed to
pay up
We are talking to all the States that they have to ensure
monthly bills , so people don’t get a shock
If there is a default, then action can be taken on a monthly
due amount “
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As compared to those
old days , of course , things are much better now
In case of many
DISCOMS , people can make an Online Payment from their web sites I believe ,
some of these DISCOMS have even launched their own AEPS mobile wallets / apps ,
using which , power consumers can make payments against their monthly bills
But , how about a Prepaid Electricity Meter , with following
features / functionality ?
* It will be
a Tablet look-alike device
* It will show daily – weekly – monthly , power consumption of
the premises
* It will show
the “ average / highest / lowest “ monthly consumption
* It will
also show how many UNITS remain to his BALANCE , at any given time
* It will
show a GRAPH comparing consumptions during any two “ periods “
* It will have facility to enter ( type in ) , customer’s
Aadhar Number ( of course, linked to his Bank Account Number )
* After
login ( using biometric identification of Finger + Iris + Voice ) , customer
can “ Re-charge “ his “ Account “ with ( say ) ,
Rs 1,000 /
- at the beginning, using the built-in Virtual Keyboard ( Device will have built-in
camera )
* When the “ balance “ to his credit falls to ( say ) Rs 100 /
- , an alarm will ring and he will also get Email / SMS / WhatsApp
Reminder
* If he fails to “ Re-Charge “ his account , power will get
disconnected upon the balance falling to Rs 10/- !
* Power will start flowing again as soon as consumer “
re-charges “ through device
None of this (
hardware + software + wireless telecom ) , is a Rocket Science !
Any Start Up can come
up with such a total , end-to-end , solution within 6 months !
Only thing
, this device cannot stop is UN-METERED
THEFT of power , where wires get pulled from a power-line , bypassing
the
meter !
Other than this one limitation , this suggestion has the
potential to dramatically improve the Financial Positions of the State DISCOMS
!
Dear Shri Goyalji ,
Would you like to pose
this challenge to our Start Ups ?
19 May
2017
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
After a
long time , we have a set of Ministers and Bureaucrats who , not only read your
emailed suggestions , but go ahead and implement the same , if found useful
I
am sure , they will read this email as well and implement the following
innovation which got reported in today’s Economic Times :
Scientists have developed a new
artificial intelligence ( AI ) system that can detect ELECTRICITY THEFT and meter misreadings – a common problem in developing countries
A team from the University of Luxembourg looked at the energy use
of 3.6 million Brazilian
households over FIVE YEARS
The researchers specifically
focussed on nearly 200
Million monthly readings made by professional meter readers
They then developed an algorithm
that , after sifting through the readings, could recognize when energy use at a property was
suspiciously low
Researchers verified their results with data on past inspections ,
checking if their tool was correctly highlighting potential cases of fraud or
faulty metering
The most accurate versions
of the system were able to identify problem cases just over 65 % of the time ,
News Scientist reported
26 Sept
2017
www.hemenparekh.in /
blogs
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Added on 08 Aug 2022 :
Pune: MSEDCL to introduce smart meters for domestic consumers
Extract :
“With smart meters, a system similar to the prepaid/postpaid system used for cellphones will take effect. Consumers can recharge their meters using the MSEDCL app. They will be able to control their consumption of electricity…”
MSEDCL officials said the move could be a gamechanger as power thefts and associated losses will be brought down. “The biggest gain will be in terms of arrears, which are pending in crores with all categories of consumers. The consumers will not have to pay the bills but can recharge their meters as per their requirement. They will get what they want and we won’t have huge arrears pending, which is what is happening currently,” Pawar said.