Reducing Technical and Non-Technical Losses in the Power Sector

Reducing Technical and Non-Technical Losses in the Power Sector

This document reviews experience with efforts in developing countries by private as well as state-owned electricity companies to reduce total losses in transmission and distribution and provides examples of sustainable reductions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Antmann, Pedro
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACTION PLAN ACTION PLANS AFFILIATE COMPANY AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION OF RISKS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF SUPPLY APPROACH ASSETS AVAILABILITY AVERAGE TARIFF BALANCE BENCHMARK BILL COLLECTION BILL COLLECTION RATE BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUSINESS PROCESSES CABLE CALL CENTER CALL CENTERS CAPABILITIES CAPITALIZATION COLLUSION COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION IN GENERATION COMPETITIVE PRICES CONCESSION CONCESSION CONTRACT CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONNECTION FEE CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY CONTROL SYSTEMS COST EFFECTIVENESS COSTS OF POWER CREDIT CARDS CUSTOMER ANALYSIS CUSTOMER SERVICE DIRECT CONNECTION DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES DISTRIBUTION GRIDS DISTRIBUTION LOSSES DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES ECONOMIC LIFE ECONOMIC LOSS ECONOMIC SITUATIONS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC SERVICE ELECTRIC SUPPLY ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY PRICE ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY SALES ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ELECTRICITY SYSTEM ELECTRICITY THEFT ELECTRICITY UTILITIES ELECTRICITY UTILITY ELECTRIFICATION ELECTRONIC METERS END-USERS ENERGY AUDIT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRICES EQUIPMENT FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL VIABILITY FIXED WIRELESS FORECASTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FRAUD FUEL FUEL TYPE GDP GENERATION GENERATION COSTS GENERATION MARKETS GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROWTH IN DEMAND HARDWARE HORIZONTAL COMPETITION HUMAN CAPACITY HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER GENERATION ICT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IMPLEMENTATION STAGES INCOME INEFFICIENCY INFORMATION SOCIETY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INSPECTION INSPECTIONS INSTALLATION INSTALLATIONS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOINT VENTURE KILOWATT-HOUR KILOWATT-HOURS LARGE CUSTOMERS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARKET SEGMENTATION MARKETING METER READING MOBILE PHONE MOBILE PHONES NETWORK ASSETS NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS OIL OIL PRICES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OUTSOURCING PARADIGM SHIFTS PEAK LOAD PERFORMANCE OF DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES PERFORMANCE TARGETS PHYSICAL CONNECTION POLLUTANTS POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER CORPORATION POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER GENERATION POWER INDUSTRY POWER LINES POWER PLANT POWER PLANT CONSTRUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SECTORS POWER SYSTEM POWER SYSTEMS PRESENT VALUE PRIMARY ENERGY PRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY OF SERVICE RAIDS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REMOTE COMMUNICATION RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RESULT RESULTS ROUTES SAFETY EQUIPMENT SATELLITE SEARCHES SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY TAKEOVER TARGETS TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF RATES TARIFF REVIEWS TARIFF STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATOR TELEPHONE TELEPHONE SERVICE TOLL TOTAL COSTS TOTAL REVENUE TRACKING SYSTEM TRANSMISSION UNIVERSAL ACCESS USER USERS USES UTILITIES UTILITY COMPANY UTILITY CUSTOMERS VIDEOS VOLTAGE WATER DISTRIBUTION WHOLESALE MARKET WHOLESALE MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/20382190/reducing-technical-non-technical-losses-power-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20786

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/20382190/reducing-technical-non-technical-losses-power-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20786

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