Title
A new way for comparing solutions to non-technical electricity losses in South America
Date Issued
01 December 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
de Oliveira Ventura L.
Padilha-Feltrin A.
Fernández-Gutiérrez J.P.
Sánchez Zuleta C.C.
Piedrahita Escobar C.C.
Federal University of ABC
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Non-technical losses are a component of energy losses associated with energy theft and fraud by the final consumers, hindering revenues of distribution utilities. This paper aims to compare the implemented solutions in the countries of South America to reduce non-technical losses. In this comparison, we introduce a new indicator based on the World Bank's database as input information. Considering that some regulatory agencies take policy actions related to non-technical losses to improve the quality of the electricity supply, we also present a correlation analysis of the proposed indicator and the electricity supply quality index. This analysis shows that in most of South America's countries, there is a high correlation within the studied horizon. An adequate characterization of the temporal variation in the proposed indicator can characterize the evolution of the consumers' perception of the quality in the electricity supply. This indicator allows each country's regulatory agency to analyze how the performed action is reducing non-technical losses concerning neighboring countries.
Volume
67
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090285093
Source
Utilities Policy
ISSN of the container
0957-1787
Sponsor(s)
The authors gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support granted, INCT-INERGE , CNPq under the grant: 422044/2018-0 , 307281/2016-7 and grants: #2015/21972-6 , #2017/22577-9 , #2019/00466-6 , Sao Paulo Research Foundation ( FAPESP ). The innovation project “Analítica Avanzada para la gestión integral de eficiencia energética”, MVM S.A.S -Universidad de Medellín, code 497770149036, COLCIENCIAS 701-2014, Colombia.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support granted, INCT-INERGE, CNPq under the grant: 422044/2018-0, 307281/2016-7 and grants: #2015/21972-6, #2017/22577-9, #2019/00466-6, Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). The innovation project ?Anal?tica Avanzada para la gesti?n integral de eficiencia energ?tica?, MVM S.A.S -Universidad de Medell?n, code 497770149036, COLCIENCIAS 701-2014, Colombia.
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