A Survey of Remote Detection Method for Illegal Electricity Usage

Detection of illegal electricity usage is the most important issue for power delivery companies. Therefore, there is a need to attend for detection methods of illegal electricity usage and their accuracy. This paper reviews remote detection methods for illegal electricity usage. Detection methods of illegal electricity usage are divided into statistical methods, which are based on the support vector machine, statistical variance, genetic algorithm and real time methods, which are based on signal processing, inspection robot and smart energy meters. Especially, remote detection methods by real time are considered in this paper. Simulation and experimental results of these remote detection methods show the possibility and the feasibility of detection for illegal electricity usage.