Electric Energy Theft Control in Rio de Janeiro

摘要

Today, roughly 99% of Brazilian families have access to electricity services - approximately 65 million households in total. However, part of these services is provided irregularly through unauthorized connections to the grid. In addition, some consumers that are regularly connected manipulate the meters in order to avoid proper consumption measurement. In fact, nearly 22 TWh per year, or 6% of the country's consumption, is not billed as a result of illegal connections to distribution networks or energy meter fraud.