Dear Sharat,
You may want to go through my latest blog ( below ) on
the subject of “ Smart Meters
Warm Regards,
Hcp
Friday, 8 December 2017
Writing
in Economic Times ( 08 Dec / Govt to rope in Telcos for Smart Meter
Connectivity ) , Nishtha Saluja , describes a “ Smart Meter “ as follows :
“
A smart meter is a new kind of
Electricity meter that can automatically send meter readings to the power
supplier for billing and help consumers better understand their energy usage “
On
same day , Hindustan Times carried a news report titled :
“
Centre, States to implement DBT scheme in power sector “
Power
Minister, Shri R K Singh said :
“
There is no such thing as free electricity . Any subsidy you want to give to
any category of consumers, it has to bedirect
benefit transfer ( DBT ) . That is something which we have agreed.
We will bring it into the law .
To
improve efficiency and reduce losses, the Union and the State governments will
be leveraging technology for 100 %
metering and doing
away with any human interface in
consumer facing functions such as metering , billing and collections
These
steps will require amendments in the Electricity Act of 2003 “
=============================
Now
, this statement must be viewed in the context of what Shri Narendra Modi said while launching
“ Saubhagya “ scheme , a few
weeks ago , viz :
===============================
“Named Saubhagya,
which means “good luck” in Hindi, the scheme’s mission is to ensure all Indians
have electricity by the end of 2018.
This will involve the electrification of more
than 40 million households and
is estimated
to cost approximately $2.5 billion USD.”
==============================
Congratulations , Shri Singh !
But
, if you really want to “ DO AWAY WITH ANY
HUMAN INTERFACE “ , I urge you to ensure that those “ Smart Meters “ that you plan to install at those 40 million households , conform to the following “ Specifications “ :
*
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
Read
further details :
09
Dec 2017
www.hemenparekh.in / blogs
From: S C Bhargava
[mailto:BHARGAVASC@LNTEBG.COM]
Sent: 13 October 2017 07:36
To: hcp@recruitguru.com
Cc: S N Subrahmanyan
Subject: SMART METERS
Sent: 13 October 2017 07:36
To: hcp@recruitguru.com
Cc: S N Subrahmanyan
Subject: SMART METERS
HCP
You will not recall me. I joined L&T in 1973 under
ICJ.
We do have prepaid meters with all those facilities
snsand have had them for over 3 years. There are very few takers for them.
Regards
Sharat Bhargava
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