13-06-2012, 01:34 PM
Automated Billing System for Electricity Board
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Abstract:
The Project is to automate the billing mechanism followed by the various Electricity Boards. Unlike the usual way of billing here we propose a novel method for the same that can be advantageous to both the parties (the consumer and the Electricity Boards).The proposed method uses the GSM communication technology for realizing the same.
In this system the electronic meter is complemented with a GSM modem and an RTC module which are governed by a microcontroller. The system reads the daily meter reading and transmits the same at a pre determined/preprogrammed time as an SMS to the EB computer along with the Date and the Consumer Code. Where this data stored for later use.
The user has the provision to know the electricity consumption for any particular date, by simply sending an SMS to the EB number. Upon the reception of such a message the software in the EB system computes the units of consumption from the database and revert an SMS to the consumer.
The system also computes the consumption for any consumer at regular intervals and if required the EB side of the System will alert the consumer that he is exceeding the tariff limit, by this the consumer will able to limit his consumption. This will lead to a lot of energy saving on the whole.
In cases when the consumer fails to remit his due electricity charges in time the EB side of the system can terminate/suspend the electricity connection to the consumer automatically with prior notice.