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Are you also troubled by the huge electricity bills coming every month? If yes, then this news is no less than a gift for you. The Government of India is now going to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the country to reduce your electricity bill and prevent wastage of electricity.
Shashank Mishra, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Energy, said that now with the help of AI, power companies will be able to easily identify the places where electricity is being stolen or electricity is being wasted due to technical faults. The common and honest consumer will directly benefit from this. Come, let us understand it in simple language.
After all, what will AI do that will reduce your bill?
According to Shashank Mishra, your bill increases due to two big reasons – one is theft of electricity and the other is technical fault. AI will curb both these problems.
- Will catch household mess: Many times, there are problems like bad wiring or earth leakage in our homes, which we are not even aware of, but due to these, the meter rotates rapidly and electricity is wasted. Now AI will monitor the electricity usage of every house and every area daily. Wherever he finds something unusual, he will immediately alert the company.
- Electricity theft will be controlled: AI will understand electricity usage patterns. If suddenly the electricity consumption in an area becomes very low or electricity is being supplied from a transformer but is not being recorded in the meters, then AI will immediately detect such irregularities.
How will this affect you?
What happens today is that to compensate the losses that companies incur due to electricity theft and technical wastage, they increase the bill rates of common consumers. That is, someone else steals and you and I compensate. When this wastage and theft will be stopped with the help of AI, the losses of the companies will be reduced and you will get its direct benefit in the form of reduced rates.
Technology like ChatGPT will also be useful
The ministry is now also considering using big language models like ChatGPT to automate paperwork, take decisions faster and monitor the electricity network 24 hours a day. This technology will work faster and more accurately than ever before.
New Electricity Amendment Bill is coming
The government has also released the draft of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 in October. The purpose of this new law is to control electricity prices, eliminate hidden subsidies and provide cheap electricity to industries.
And most importantly, it is clearly stated in this bill that there will be no impact on the subsidy given to farmers and poor families, it will remain completely safe. The aim of the government is to provide affordable and good quality electricity to every customer.
Overall, this technology will create an honest system between you and the electricity company, which will prevent wastage and reduce the burden on your pocket.