Factors Affecting High Commercial Losses
Commercial losses in our country occur mainly because of the following reasons:
- Incorrect assessment of the energy consumed;
- Pilferage of energy; and
- Human errors.
You might be wondering: How could these losses are overcome? For this, you need to know the factors that contribute to these losses.
Factors Contributing to High Commercial Losses
1. Theft/pilferage of power through existing consumers.
2. Illegal connection from distribution line by non-customers.
3. Incorrect estimation of energy consumption in respect of un-metered connections.
4. Defective metering.
5. Meter reading errors.
6. Tardy billing and poor revenue collection.
7. Lack of accountability.