Prepaid energy meter are being used worldwide to improve the collection of funds for the energy used. Weather it is developed nation or developing nation all electricity boards are facing two major issues
1. Power Theft
2. Collection of funds
Pre-paid energy meter, is a state of the art design concept based on SMART card technology. The system encompasses the integration of the SMART card based pre-paid concept into the electronic energy meter design, so that energy distribution, monitoring and billing can be automated at the meter side itself. This technique makes use of crypto cards that offer improved card security features compared to secure cards. That data is stored by use of RSA cryptography and it is extremely difficult to tap and decode the original data, except for the desired custom built receiver.
Calcards has developed and implemented RFID based pre-paid energy meter solutions in partnership with leading meter manufacturers. The SmartPower application manages pre-paid card issue, recharge and reconciliation for the Electricity Boards." |