A novel framework for automated energy meter reading and theft detection

Energy crisis is one of the most important issues that the entire world is facing today. The feasible solution for the energy crisis problem needs optimal utilization of available energy. However, the state-of-the-art energy metering systems suffer due to issues such as low battery backup, poor network connectivity, and excessive memory consumption. To overcome these drawbacks, a novel automated energy metering framework is proposed in this paper, which makes use of Microcontroller-based implementation for its operation. Specifically, consumer can get the energy consumption statistics instantly on a LCD screen. Further, whenever any consumer attempts to tamper the energy meter, magnetic sensors get actuated and sends appropriate signals to the microcontroller, which in turn sends theft event messages to the administration side for further processing. Experimental setup and results indicates the good performance of the proposed framework in terms of energy consumption display on LCD screen, which significantly help the customer to monitor their energy consumptions.