Non Technical Losses and Different Parameter of Electrical Power System

Non-technical losses (NTL) in all forms are very real and significant problems for utilities companies. The vast majority of detected cases of NTL are caused by electricity theft. The affected utilities and authorities have developed methods to reduce NTL, primarily based on detection by utility companies’ meter reading employees and statistical analysis of customer information. Despite the best efforts by utilities, the current results of NTL measurements are often inaccurate at best, because the figures rely heavily on the records of detected cases, rather than by actual measurement of the electrical power system. The reason that measurement or monitoring the power system is not the preferred method of measuring NTL is because the infrastructure of the system, specifically the metering of the system, makes accurate and detailed loss determination impossible.