POWER THEFT DETECTION

PARALA MAHARAJA ENGINEERING COLLEGE, BERHAMPUR

• Name : E. ANSUMAN DORA

• Regd. No.: 2001109224

• Branch:- Electrical
• Sec.:- A
 CONTENTS
 Inroduction
What is power theft
How it occurs
Electricity theft methods
How can electricity theft be reduced
Advantages
Disadvantages
Conclusion
Reference
INTRODUCTION:-

• India ,the largest democrecy with an estimated population of about 1.04

bilion, is on a road to rapid growth in economy.
• Energy, particularly electricity is a key input for accelerating economic
growth.
• The theft of electricity is a criminal offence and power utilities are losing
billions of rupees in this account.
 WHAT IS POWER THEFT ...??

• It is the use of electric power without a contract with

a supplier with total or partial bypassing of the
metering system.
• Power theft includes *Direct hooking from line
*Bypassing the energy meter
*Injecting foreign element into the energy meter
*Physical obstruction etc. .
How it occurs
Bypassing the meter:-
Usually,the bypass supplies power to large and
stable loads which will not trip fuses in case of
overloads.
Ex-jumper cables
The rest of the circuits are supplied normally
through the meter, so the bill, which is close to
average, does not suggest a theft.
 ELECTRICITY THEFT METHOD

METERS:-
• Bypassing the meters
• Damping or removing meters
Wires/Cables:-
• Illegal tapping to bare wires or underground cables
Billing irregularities:- made by meter readers.
Unpaid bills:- by individuals, government institutions and “untouchable”
VIPs.
HOW CAN ELECTRICITY THEFT BE REDUCED
Non Technical Solutions:-
Financial rewards:
Utility companies encourage consumers to report electricity theft.

Periodic checks:
Electricity theft frequently takes place after service has been disconnected. Some utility
companies periodically check disconnect meters if the customers has not contacted them to
reconnect service.

Enforcement of low:
Fines should be imposed by the government for stealing electricity.
Technical solutions:-
Electronic tamper detection method.
Pre payment meters
Plastic meter encasements
Anti theft cable
Using GSM
ADVANTAGES:-

• This method will reduce the energy wastage and save a lot of energy for
future use.
• We can detect the location from where the power is being stolen which was
not possible before.
• Optimized use of energy.
DISADVANTAGES:-
• One major disadvantages of this project is that it is not capable of detecting
the exact location from where the power is being stolen giving only a
approximation to that place.
• Can not detrmine who is stealing, but even no other existing system is
capable of doing this.
• If implimented on a large scale it may take a lot of time a manual input.
CONCLUSION:-
• If we are succeeded in avoiding the power
theft there will be less scarcity for power
utilisation.
• By using this techniques we save a lote of
energy for future use.
REFERENCES:-

• www.google.com
• www.wikipidia.com
• www.slideshare.com
THANK YOU…