Welcome, Prepaid Smart Meters
Context :
Soon You Can Track Your Power Consumption On An App. BEST Plans Prepaid Smart Meters / WhatShot / 23 Sept 2021
Extract :
Ø According to a Times of India report, BEST’s power utility department is planning to install prepaid smart meters across Mumbai city by next year.
Ø Just like SIM cards, smart meters will also have the option of prepaid and postpaid. The prepaid smart meter will also have a top-up facility. This seems to be a more efficient way to keep a tab on one’s power consumption.
Ø For prepaid meters, one has to download the BEST app; then choose a payment plan of a certain denomination in multiples of 500
Ø The moment you are close to your exhaustion limit, BEST will send warning messages; you can add top-up if you wish to continue; if you don’t, power will be disconnected.
Ø The smart meter is priced Rs 3000 and BEST will recover the cost of it in installments.
Ø Using this app, you can track your power consumption by the hour, day, week or month. This will also help in adjusting power consumption patterns and usage.
Ø Lokesh Chandra, GM, BEST said, “Prepaid smart meters will help the consumers study consumption patterns every week, reduce power consumption and save money”.
My Take :
In this context I sent to our Policy Makers an e-mail on 19 May 2017, which was reproduced in :
Ø Electrifying : Smartly ………………………..( 25 Sept 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 ?
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Question :
Over the next 4 years, can we build around the SMART ELECTRIC METERS, an SMART POWER ECO-SYSTEM ( SPES ), comprising of, Electricity Consumers / Electricity Producers / DISCOMS / Domestic Appliance Manufacturers / Manufacturers of Smart Meters etc.), which will incentivize :
# manufacturers of appliances consuming less power
# consumers of electric power
Yes, we can. And we must . As described in my following e-mail to Shri R K Singhji :
Ø Carbon Finance through Carbon Credits……………………… ( 12 Mar 2021 )
Extract :
Ø Here is a partial list of domestic appliances which consume electricity ( apart from LED bulbs ) :
TV sets – Refrigerators – Air Conditioners – Fans – Deep Freezers – Ovens – Electric Stoves – Mixers – Computers – Cloths Washing Machines – Dish Washers – Radios – Tablets – Robotic Floor Sweepers – Massagers – etc
Ø By 2030, all of these must be made “ Energy Efficient Appliances “ , certified by Bureau of Energy Efficiency [ BEE ]
Ø Just as was done in respect of ICE vehicles ( BS IV > BS VI compliance ), all electric Appliance Manufacturers must be mandated to switch over to manufacture of only BEE certified appliances in 4 phases ( April 2022 – 24 – 26- 28 )
Ø Each such appliance MUST be pre-installed / integrated with SENSORS which will continuously monitor its,
# State of Usage ( ON or OFF )
# Rate of Consumption of electricity ( Units )
These INTERNET-CONNECTED
In turn, each SMART METER will relay / transmit to concerned DISCOM ( and to any other specified govt agency servers ), such usage / consumption data, through Internet ( IoT / Internet of Everything ).
These data-transfer will be separate for EACH INDIVIDUAL APPLIANCE
This will enable DISCOM / concerned Agencies, to know / monitor, IN-EFFICIENT
Appliances operating “ above “ the threshold, will be assigned / allotted “ CARBON DEBITS “ , whereas those operating “ below “ the threshold, will be assigned “ CARBON CREDITS “
If the NET of these two is POSITIVE ( + ), that home will be incentivized by a lower tariff – and vice-versa
This model ( of INCENTIVIZATION ) must be further strengthened by measuring the amount of ROOF TOP Solar Power , flowing into the SMART METER , with appropriate linkages to CARBON CREDIT
This linkage will motivate a large number of households to install ROOF TOP solar panels
This scheme will enable us to take the CARBON MARKET / CARBON CREDIT / CARBON FINANCE concept, right inside our 290 MILLION households !
Ø All manufacturers of House-hold Electric Meters must be told to manufacture only SMART ELECTRIC METERS , starting April 2022
Ø All DISCOMS to replace existing meters in each and every home, with a SMART METER, by April 2024
This is only a CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK whose details are not difficult to work out
Dear Shri R K Singhji
During past 3 years, you have initiated many reforms to replace FOSSIL-FUEL power with RENEWABLE power
If implemented, my above-mentioned suggestion will ensure that we exceed our commitment given in Paris Agreement
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With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 26 Sept 2021
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