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Electricity theft is a common practice in developing countries which cannot be controlled by the governments due to lack of technology. Emerging trends such as Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) eliminate the need of person visiting each house but this advancement further increases Non-Technical losses (NTL) because of no regular inspection at the residence. However traditional meter reading by human operator is inefficient to meet the future residential development needs. This paper proposes a new system based on ARM-Cortex M3 processor to protect the energy meter from phase line bypassing, neutral line disconnection, whole meter bypassing and meter tampering. A SMS automatically send to utility server through Global System for Mobile (GSM) network when these measures detected. In this paper a novel method is proposed to solve the problem with AMR systems without affecting its major advantage of remote monitoring. Integrating this new feature into smart meters provides a robust metering solution.

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The power quality of interconnected grid is highly affected by the non linear loads and the interconnected renewable energy sources like wind and solar systems. The drastic changes in their input effectively change the grid parameters. This paper provides a novel method in which compensator continuously monitors the line parameters like voltage, currents, harmonics and reactive power to maintain the desired values at common connecting line (CCL). This paper utilizes the capabilities of hybrid Fuzzy and ZN PID Controlling of Dynamic Active Power Filter (DAPF) along with the Energy storage at dc link. The proposed model simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK and at the grid common connecting line, the power factor and Total Harmonic Distortion values are much improved.