ABSTRACT
Smart metering as a service using Hadoop (SMAASH) is an approach to analyze the electricity consumption of a user on a real-time basis. SMAASH can be used for determining real-time analysis of electricity consumption using Hadoop technology based on customer-based segmentation, area-based segmentation, usage-based segmentation, or purpose-based segmentation based on the type of parameter analysis that needs to 212be done. The analysis of these said parameters can be done based on an hourly basis, weekly basis, monthly basis, or yearly basis, and based on these parameters, a suitable solution for power theft, time of use tariff options, grid failure, load distribution, and the load shedding problem can be provided. Thus, using the SMAASH approach provides faster and parameter-based real-time solutions for these problems.
