Electricity theft in India constitutes a significant portion of total losses, around 40%, which leads to higher electricity prices for consumers. Prepayment metering systems help address this issue by allowing consumers to purchase electricity up front like a commodity. Under this system, the consumption data is communicated to the supplier via antennas on the meters and poles, allowing consumers to better budget their usage while reducing losses and prices for utilities and consumers overall.

1. • Electricity theft is at the center of focus all over the world but
electricity theft in INDIA has a significant effect on the indian
economy, as this figure is considerably high.
• Out of the whole power generated
Technical losses CONSTITUTE 4-5%
commercial losses constitute 8%
but practically total losses constitute around 40%
• Thus thefts lead to increase price of an unit of energy by
distribution companies to maintain overall profits.
• Thus common man is the final victim.

9. • Introduction
• Working(description)
• Why prepayment!
• Consumers benefits
• Industry benefits
• Application
• Prepayment metering system in india – an overview
• Conclusion

10. The latest prepayment meters use keypad
technology, which have a telephone like keypad on
the meter for recharging the meter or for accessing
information on consumption.

15. • All prepaid meters have an internal antenna to
communicate electricity consumption data via
telecommunications network received by a collector
mounted on a pole near by.

17. THE PREPAYMENT METERING
SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED IN THE
DIAGRAM BELOW.

18. • Electricity can be purchased like a commodity.
• Customer bills will be based on actual meter readings
• The consumption is displayed in terms of energy KWH
and money(rs.) Both.
• The information of energy usage in terms of money is
a powerful tool to budget and control the electricity
consumption.

19. • End to estimated bills
• Helps consumer to contribute towards energy
conservation
• Reduction in price .
• No wastage of time for bill payment.
• No billing disputes
• Historical data monitoring

20.  Bad debt levels should fall as billing disputes reduce
 Demand forecasting will be based on more acccurate
consumption profiles
 Meter reading, preparation of bills, their distribution
and collection of payments can be eliminated by
prepayment metering
 Dynamic pricing(deciding tarrif before few minutes)
 Can raise huge capitals when needed by introducing
offers

21. Applications:
•Residential complexes
•Small industries
•Commercial establishments
•Educational institutions
•Temporary connections

22. • Prepayment metering is slowly and gradually gaining a
foothold in the indian power sector.
• The maharashtra state slectricity distribution company ltd
(msedcl) launched first prepaid electricity meter in india
• New delhi power ltd (NDPL), JUSCO, west bengal state
electricity distribution co. Ltd(wbsedcl), himachal pradesh
state electricity board (HPSEB), BESCOM, gujarat,
rajasthan,uhbvn etc have all joined the prepayment
bandwagon.
• Ndpl was the first private utility to introduce the system for
domestic consumers whereas wbsedcl was the first state
electricity board to have gone for prepayment.

23. At present many other utilities like BRPL, BYPL,
BESCOM, CESC, HPSEB, Assam Distribution
Company, etc are using the prepayment metering
system.
The Delhi State Regulator (DERC) also came forward
in support of prepaid meters and announced a 2%
rebate on the tariff for pre-paid consumers.

24. • Looking at the benefits the system provides, there is a
need to give it a policy support and implement it on a
large scale all across. A simplified tariff structure will
make life much easier for the utilities, the supplier and
the consumer .