Improvement in electricity distribution efficiency to mitigate pollution IEEE ISEE (May 2008)

For electricity distribution companies, power theft is a problem of alarming proportions in developing nations. In addition to causing massive financial losses, it increases the pollution level due to unrestrained usage of free(stolen) power. Current methods to curb theft include the adoption of 11 kV LT distribution, HVDS (high voltage distribution system) employing pole-mounted transformers, etc. We have attempted to provide an economic and flexible method of detecting power theft using pole mounted FM band radio telemetry, which will allow distribution companies to find and fix such problems with greater ease.