BESCOM Smart Meters could change lifestyles and revolutionize power consumption
The Smart Meters – the ambitious project of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) – is all set to revolutionise the conventional meter system in the power sector. The project is aimed at improving the quality of power, management of demand and preventing the loss. The meters will provide real time data and does not require manual reading apart from helping the utilities to detect power theft.
The Smart Meters is currently taking shape at Electronic City with nearly 17,000 connections already being installed. The meter also contains a chip, which can be used to provide voice connectivity to user. The model can communicate with each and every household when there is a power crisis and can process any request to restrict the load.
The futuristic technology also has small-time micro power producers (houses and offices) using solar panel or wind which will contribute to surplus power to the grid and hence help consumers get a rebate in their bills.The consumers can remote control the power consumed by home appliances like air conditioners, washing machines or oven to save bill amount. All these gadgets can be remote-controlled through the web or a mobile phone. The smart meter also has a display system that shows real-time power usage by geysers, air-conditioners, sump systems, and other gadgets.
This hi-tech meter has a large display, where bills can be posted by utility through electronic system. The facility can be used for making announcement by utility as well for projects like tele-medicine, disaster warning and traffic congestion or any emergency announcement. The smart meter is a two-way device, operated over the internet, both by the consumer and the power utility.
About 17,000 meters have been installed as part of smart grid project at Electronic City.The project is aimed at improving the quality of power, management of demand and preventing the loss. Smart metering allows energy companies to vary pricing for different times of the day, and reward customers who choose not to run energy-intensive devices during peak time.
Source: Deccan Herald
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