1. POWER THEFT

2. IMPACT OF ELECTRICITY THEFT
 Lack of funds to operate and to manage the
facilities
 Lack of exposure to new technologies
 Corruption practices
 Reduced overall economic productivity

3. WHEN THEFT OCCURS
 An illegal consumer steals directly from
the distribution lines or from another legal
customer
 A legal customer steals either bypassing
the meter or tampering with the meter to
make it read less or no consumption.

4. METER TAMPERING

5. ILLEGAL WIRING
Circuit wire is disconnected/broken
from circuit terminal block
Fishing pole connections

6. TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
Electronic Tamper Detection Meters
automatic detection of:
Meter Tamper
Meter Bypass
Meter Disconnection

7. Pre-Payment Meters
1. Credit added to the meter
on a keypad.
2. Credit is purchased on a
rechargeable token or a
card and entered into the
meter with disconnection
ability.

8. PLASTIC METER ENCASEMENTS
Hard plastic encasements
are a type of a meter seal.
These transparent plastic
covers serve as a warning
and therefore reduce
electricity theft

9. AUTOMATIC METER READING (AMR) SYSTEMS
AMR is a system where power
and telecommunication
infrastructures work together

10. ANTI-THEFT CABLE
Coaxial (or Concentric) cables
Plastic layer

11. CONCLUSION
If we are succeeded in avoiding the power
theft there will be less scarcity for power
utilisation