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Posters explaining the illegality of the theft of electric cables, outside of a mosque in Tonghai County, Yunnan.
Electricity theft is the criminal practice of stealing electrical power. The practice of stealing electricity is nearly as old as electricity distribution. Electricity theft is accomplished via a variety of means, from methods as rudimentary as directly hooking to a power line, to manipulation of computerized electrical meters. Electricity theft is most common in developing countries where power grids deliver inadequate and unreliable power.[1] The global cost of electricity theft was estimated at $96 billion every year.[2] Some punishments for the crime include fines and incarceration. The electricity losses caused by the theft are classified as non-technical losses.
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^LLC, Northeast Group. "$96 Billion Is Lost Every Year To Electricity Theft". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
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time-of-use of electricity. The worldwide power loss including theft is estimated at two-hundred billion dollars annually. Electricitytheft also represents...
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providing electricity in all the villages across the country. Poverty, lack of resources, lack of political will, poor planning, and electricitytheft are some...
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unreachable; as of March 2019, the funds were still frozen. Notable cases of electricitytheft to mine proof-of-work cryptocurrencies include: In February 2021 Malaysian...
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"ingrained culture of electricitytheft" and illegal connections. The legal, regulatory and institutional framework for the electricity sector includes: Office...
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