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Wireless automation in electricity and billing is the new innovation in terms of technology. Retrieving the data of units consumed by the consumers is not efficient. The current process of electricity billing is susceptible to errors. It is time and resource and labor consuming as well. The problem of the billing system becomes crucial when consumers try to tamper the meter, thereby pay less amount than what actually should be paid. In our proposed system, already installed energy meters at our houses are not replaced, but an additional small circuit design along with IoT on the already installed meters can change the existing meters into smart meters. Smart Electricity meter using Internet of Things (IoT) system present an efficient and cost-effective way to transfer the information of energy consumed to the consumer wirelessly and automatically without any human intervention, as well as it provides facilities to detect the illegal usage of the electricity. Aim of this project is to calculate the electricity consumption, formulate the bill automatically without any labor and transfer it using IoT. Bill amount is SMSed through IoT platform to the consumer at the start of every month with the help of RTC. Also, this study aims to detect and control the energy theft. A passive infrared (IR) sensor is engaged with the system to detect when any illegal alteration happens in the metering system. In such case, the system itself will notify it to the server, as well as it has the facility to disconnect and re-connect the electricity supply automatically using a Solid-State Relay, also the power supply can be disconnected and reconnected remotely in case of pending bills.