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    Cost-Efficient, Theft Control, IoT based Electricity Metering, Monitoring & Smart Pre-Payment System
    (UMT, Lahore, 2023) ABDUR REHMAN AHMAD
    Electric energy is a basic need for humans in various areas such as domestic tasks, agriculture, and industries. Unfortunately, there are numerous issues related to the distribution, metering, and billing processes of electricity. The conventional method of measuring used electricity and issuing bills is complex and time-consuming, involving manual meter readings by a meter reader who visits each home and returns to the office to issue bills. Electricity theft and many other economic issues are also linked with existing metering system. This research work discuss the various problems faced with retrieving meter data and generate bills manually and theft control was also discussed in detail in this research. To address these challenges, an automatic system for metering and billing was proposed. The solution involves the development of a prepaid digital energy metering system and Pre-payment system. The system consists of two major components: a cost-efficient and highly accurate smart power meter and a Pre-payment system that allow consumers to add credit to their meters. The power meter was designed using ACS712 as a current sensor, ZMPT101 as a voltage reader, Arduino as a microcontroller board, esp8266 WiFi module for communication with an authorized server, and MFRC522 sensor for reading NFC tags used in the Pre-payment system. The proposed system enable real-time monitoring of energy consumption and allow users to consume power based on their prepaid amount. The voltage sensor achieved 99 % accuracy and current sensor achieved 97% accuracy.