Review of non-technical loss detection methods

GM Messinis, ND Hatziargyriou - Electric Power Systems Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Electricity theft has been a major issue for many years. Distribution System Operators
(DSOs) have been trying to detect electricity theft, however the phenomenon insists, while …

Solutions for detection of non-technical losses in the electricity grid: A review

JL Viegas, PR Esteves, R Melicio, VMF Mendes… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper is a review of literature with an analysis on a selection of scientific studies for
detection of non-technical losses. Non-technical losses occurring in the electric grid at level …

Electricity theft detection in low-voltage stations based on similarity measure and DT-KSVM

X Kong, X Zhao, C Liu, Q Li, DL Dong, Y Li - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The theft of electricity affects power supply quality and safety of grid operation, and non-
technical losses (NTL) have become the major reason of unfair power supply and economic …

Detection of energy theft and defective smart meters in smart grids using linear regression

SC Yip, KS Wong, WP Hew, MT Gan, RCW Phan… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The utility providers are estimated to lose billions of dollars annually due to energy theft.
Although the implementation of smart grids offers technical and social advantages, the smart …

[HTML][HTML] A 3D indicator for guiding AI applications in the energy sector

H Quest, M Cauz, F Heymann, C Rod, L Perret, C Ballif… - Energy and AI, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The utilisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the energy sector is
gaining momentum, with increasingly intensive search for suitable, high-quality and …

Detection of non-technical losses in power utilities—A comprehensive systematic review

MS Saeed, MW Mustafa, NN Hamadneh… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Electricity theft and fraud in energy consumption are two of the major issues for power
distribution companies (PDCs) for many years. PDCs around the world are trying different …

Clustering-based novelty detection for identification of non-technical losses

JL Viegas, PR Esteves, SM Vieira - … Journal of Electrical Power & Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The reduction of non-technical losses is a significant part of the total potential benefits
resulting from implementations of the smart grid concept. This paper proposes a data-based …

Fraud detection in electric power distribution: An approach that maximizes the economic return

P Massaferro, JM Di Martino… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The detection of non-technical losses (NTL) is a very important economic issue for power
utilities. Diverse machine learning strategies have been proposed to support electric power …

Non-technical loss identification by using data analytics and customer smart meters

LMR Raggi, FCL Trindade, VC Cunha… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The smart meters installed at the customer premises are one of the main apparatuses
promoting the modernization of the distribution systems. These devices collect a huge …

Estimation of non-technical loss rates by regions

L Ventura, GE Felix, R Vargas, LT Faria… - Electric Power Systems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying vulnerable regions to non-technical losses allows more assertive combat against
them. In this context, this paper presents a spatiotemporal methodology composed of two …