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A Novel Approach To Power Theft Detection And Electricity Billing
Abstract
Power generation and distribution in India is among the government departments that lead to huge
losses. One of the main reasons that lead to power loss is because of unauthorized usage of power
and power theft at the consumer side. As of now there are no existing systems present to stop or
prevent the power theft that happens. This is partly because it is not possible to monitor all the
streets and areas manually.
This project proposes a novel idea to detect power theft accurately at a street level on a real time
basis where the information is updated in the span of a few seconds. For the implementation of the
project a new kind of energy meter will be constructed that can in addition to recording the units
can monitor the power being used by the home in real time using an inbuilt embedded system
The meter can communicate the power consumption of the home in real time to a receiving device
fitted in the distribution transformer of the street. The transformer is also provided with a simple
power monitoring device that can monitor the power given out on the transmission line to the
street. If the power transmitted and the power consumed by the homes is equal then that means
that no power is being stolen. Alternatively if someone is stealing power then there will be a
difference between the power that is given out by the transformer and the power that is being
legitimately used by the users. Thus using the difference the excess power that is being stolen can be
calculated.
Once if power theft is detected then using some communication device either Zigbee, GSM or PLCC
the theft information can be intimated to the nearest EB office and from the EB office to the line
man in the area, who can then inspect the street and take necessary action against the violators. If
required even automatic SMS updates can be sent to the line man directly so they can take a faster
action.

Existing System
1. In the Existing system, it becomes difficult for the electricity board to recover the amount for
the used electricity during the functions.
2. And as of now, there is no system to stop or prevent the power theft that happens.
Proposed System
1. If Power theft is detected, then it is automatically indicated to the EB office and concerned
authorities.
2. When the units in the meter gets exhausted the embedded system automatically cuts off
the power flowing through it thereby preventing excessive usage.



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LCD Module
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LCD
Controller
LCD
Display
Relay
Drive
Relay Load
Device
POWER SUPPLY
Power
Adapter
Reverse
Protection
Voltage
Regulators
Power LED
Alarm
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Block Diagram

EB MODULE-MONITORING UNIT
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TRANSFORMER DEVICE
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Software Tools
1. MPLAB IDE
2. Visual Basic
3. Eagle
4. Or CAD

Hardware Required
1. Microcontrollers PIC 18F45K22
2. Current and voltage sensor
3. Zigbee
4. Relay
5. LCD Display
6. Alarm


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