Power consumption alert through SMS to manage the EB tariff slab

To Electrical energy has been considered as one of our day-to-day life essentials. However, it is consumed by the public based on payment at regular intervals. The Electricity board informs the customers about their energy consumption at the end of the allocated duration. In places like Tamil Nadu, different tariff slab rates are followed and moreover the few units above the determined slabs brings a huge difference in the total amount to be paid. Although the payment procedure is different at different places, the smart energy meter technology overtakes the method for measuring electrical energy worldwide So, if the customers are able to know their energy consumption and corresponding bill within the duration, the domestic appliances and their usage can be monitored which may help to control the energy consumption in return lesser bill amount. A possible solution to alert the user is by sending SMS whenever the energy consumed crosses its predetermined units. This paper proposes the smart energy meter technology associated with ARDUINO UNO and GSM. The developed meter technology not only keeps track of energy usage but also considers the modification to send an alert message at predetermined levels. Hence the proposed energy meter helps the customer to monitor the energy consumption and the bill amount thereby creating a sustainable energy management and reformation.