Light for those tired of inflated electricity bills

NEW DELHI: Do you think your electricity bills are inflated? IT company KLG Systel will soon launch a web-based solution which will allow consumers to monitor the power consumption patterns of their appliances and even schedule them remotely. The solution, dubbed energy portal for now, will come bundled with client-side hardware and is expected to hit the market sometime in May.

“We are planning to launch a consumer facing energy solution aimed at optimising the power usage and minimising wastage. The solution will be able to trace the consumption of power by big-ticket electronic appliances, including air conditioners and geysers,” said KLG Systel CEO Mukesh Arora.

Mr Arora said the client-side hardware would run general packet radio service (GPRS) at the back-end. While the pricing for the solution is yet to be worked out, it could be structured in terms of a monthly subscription fee.

The company plans to outsource the hardware device from manufacturers in Delhi NCR and Chandigarh. “We are still in the process of getting the partner network in place to take the solution to the market. The initiative will be backed by support centres, data centre and call centre,” he said.

“While we see households opting for the solution, we also expect a strong demand from businesses for whom we are working out various funding mechanisms. The customers will also have an option to either buy the hardware equipment or rent it from us,” he said adding that the company may also rope in franchisees for offering customer support.

The solution will enable customers to view their energy consumption patterns for individual appliances or for the entire household. “Customers can choose to view the consumption pattern on a monthly or a daily basis from a website by using their login and password,” he said.