Electricity is one of the most important requirements of modern civilization. Without which various Indispensable applications will bind to bring to a standstill. As we know that demand of electricity is increasing now days. So electric utilities prefer load shedding when the demand exceeds the supply. Thus in a distribution system it needs to be precisely measured for specific period of time. Programmable load shedding time management system is a reliable & effective load shedding technique that takes over the manual task of switch ON/OFF the electrical supply with respect to time .It uses real time clock (RTC) interfaced to the 8051 family microcontroller. The paper “effective load shedding technique for utility department” will provide real & competent load shedding techniques such that distribution substation can be monitored & load shedding from one particular place