Electricity plays a vital role in the economic growth of the country. In Pakistan, electric suppliers and consumers suffer because of pitfalls that may include human errors in billing, security breaches, and electricity theft. Smart metering systems hold the key to solving these issues. Unlike traditional metering systems, it benefits both vendor and consumer by displaying real-time data about electrical usage. There are many approaches found to be quite expensive. Power line communications offer an economical solution. It makes use of existing powerlines to transmit electricity. These transmission lines share data and power with low-frequency signals, generally at 50-60 Hz. The proposed system consists of three sub-sections; the vendor, consumer, and PLC MODEM, which act as a mediator to drive data and power. PLX-DAQ is used to display the serial data on a workstation. This method proved to be the most economical since no additional hardware is required, there is no licensing, minimal losses, high availability of resources, and a high data rate. In future enhancement, different options to achieve ubiquity. It is possible to deploy this system over a public cloud to keep track of energy consumed by appliances. In a nutshell, we can say that this method will set a benchmark as one of the most effective and inexpensive methods.

Index Terms- Smart Energy Meter (SEM), Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), Smart Metering System (SMS), Power-Line Communication (PLC), Virtual Terminal (VT).