‘People can pay their electricity charges the same way they do in case of prepaid mobile phones’
‘People can pay their electricity charges the same way they do in case of prepaid mobile phones’
Do you have a lot of electrical appliances at home and are concerned about their safety during voltage fluctuations? Tired of going to the electricity office every month to pay the bill? The Relax, the first in the state installed on a pilot basis in Visakhapatnam, promises a promising smart energy meter solution.
“Parallel to the old (existing meters) for 95 single phase consumers and 5 three phase consumers in Zone-1, a total of 100 smart meters have been installed at different locations. Smart meters are controlled electronically,” says AVV Surya Pratap, superintending engineer, Eastern Electricity Distribution Company of AP Ltd. (AP EPDCL).
“Consumers can pay their electricity charges the same way they do in the case of prepaid mobile phones. They have to maintain some balance in the prepaid card and use it to pay their electricity bill. Customers will be alerted when their balance is low and the service will not be stopped during night time. HinduWhen asked about the new meter on Friday.
“Smart Energy Meter has a host of user-friendly features such as enabling the consumer to know the units of electricity consumed at an interval of 15 minutes, monitoring voltage fluctuations and the timing of such fluctuations. make capable. This will enable the consumer to file a claim in case of damage to gadgets like TVs and fridges during the ups and downs. Similarly, DISCOMS can also benefit as any theft of power can be easily traced,” pointed out Sridhar Reddy P, CEO, IBOT Energy Systems India Pvt Ltd. Hindu,
“We have completed three cycles of recharging to check the data flow. In only one or two places out of 100 where smart meters were installed, the network signal is weak and measures will be taken to rectify them.
‘Unmanned Sub-station’
“The possibility of the consumer going to the consumer service center every month is also avoided and the DISCOM can address the issue of paper bills to the consumer every month. In addition, we (IBOT) have also set up an ‘unmanned sub-station’ at Gidijala village on the outskirts of the city. The sub-station supplies free power for agriculture from 8 am to 5 pm and later the three phase supply is converted into single phase remotely from the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) office, thereby The need for manual intervention is eliminated,” Mr. Sridhar Reddy attended.
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