GSM based smart wireless controlled digital energy meter

Smart meter is an electronic device that measures the energy consumption by different time intervals, this time interval may be in minutes, hours, days or months. The proposed technology collects the data from meter and transfer that data to central database for storing data, analyzing and also monitoring the safety related issues. Moreover, it also includes the module which has provision of on demand units loading facility from the energy provider company by just sending a request SMS. The proposed design has been first implemented in software and then a prototype model has been developed, which communicates with the energy service provider for the consumed energy data through GSM network. The purpose of this paper is to present theory and implementation related to remote monitoring and controlling of the energy meter by using GSM architecture. This GSM based system enables the electricity department to get the meter readings regularly while avoiding manual meter reading. The work also enables prepaid billing, electricity management, energy saving and implements a mechanism for electricity theft detection.