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27 June 2013

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Friday, 15 September 2023

DISCOMS are getting SMART

 My Take :

Ø  A Pre-paid Electricity Meter ?  …………………. 18 May 2017

 

Extract :

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 ?

 

Dear DISCOMS :

 

Present practice is for all electric meters ( one for each flat in a multi-

storied building ) , to be housed in a single cabinet , which is mounted

on a wall on the GROUND FLOOR of the building. This made it very

convenient for the METER READER of the concerned DISCOM to take

the consumption reading

 

Now, if Smart Meters too , are to be mounted in ground floor, then how

will a 10th floor flat-owner , going to :

 

Ø  check consumption on hourly , daily or monthly basis ? or many other parameters ?

  

But, if, as suggested by me , if the “ Smart Meters “ are :

 

Ø  Prepaid variety ( no need for any visit by a Meter Reader ) , and

 

Ø  Thin as a tablet

 

-   then there is no need to mount these in ground floor – clustered

 

    together in a single cabinet

 

In such case, a Smart Meter can be fixed on a wall of the hall – and be

visible to all members of a family, at all times !

 

And if the concerned DISCOM develops a suitable / specific MOBILE

APP ( MetRead ? ) , then that Smart Meter can remain on the ground

floor and the Mobile App will connect with it ( Wi Fi – Blue Tooth – NFC

? ) and “ Mirror “ the meter screen on a mobile phone or a tablet !

 

Now, the flat owner can check his meter-screen from 10,000 Km away 

 

A “ prepaid “ has following advantages :

 

Ø  DISCOMS do not need to “ read “ the meter at the end of the month

    and prepare / send a BILL

 

Ø  DISCOMS do not need to chase the flat owner for collection.

 

Ø  For DISCOMS , with prepaid ( advance payment ), “ Working Capital

 

    “ will turn, from negative to POSITIVE !

 

And, if that “ prepaid “ is also a SMART PHONE or a TABLET , pre-

installed with MetRead app. , then the DISCOM could earn additional

 revenue , by enabling product / service ADVERTISERS to send

 TARGETTED ADVTS through the App !

 

And it is no rocket science to expect some AI software ( integral in

 that App ) to “ Optimize “ the ENERGY CONSUMPTION of the flat to

earn CARBON CREDITS , as outlined in my following e-mail :

 

Ø  Carbon Finance through Carbon Credits……   12 Mar 2021 

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