Benford's Law in Electric Power Engineering

Benford's Law (BL), predicting the distribution of leading digits in data, is applied in electric power engineering to detect irregularities in electricity consumption and fraud. It utilizes smart meter data for analyzing consumption patterns and predicting demand. Despite its advantages, challenges like small datasets and data manipulation exist. This abstract emphasizes BL's role in improving power system efficiency and security, highlighting the need for specialized approaches and interdisciplinary efforts to overcome its limitations in the electric power sector.