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  2. Electricity theft - Wikipedia

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    An electrical utility power box that has been forced open to allow electricity to be illegally accessed by directly hooking it from the line. What's known as "cable hooking" is the most used method. 80% of global power theft is by direct tapping from the line. The consumer taps into a power line from a point ahead of the energy meter.

  3. Underground power line - Wikipedia

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    An underground power line provides electrical power with underground cables. Compared to overhead power lines, underground lines have lower risk of starting a wildfire and reduce the risk of the electrical supply being interrupted by outages during high winds, thunderstorms or heavy snow or ice storms. An added benefit of undergrounding is the ...

  4. Katiyabaaz - Wikipedia

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    Katiyabaaz is a story of Kanpur's electricity crisis, resulting in loadshedding.Power cuts of up to 15 hours a day cause great trouble to residents and factories alike. This gap in supply and demand becomes the bedrock of local electricity thieves like Loha Singh, who provide illegal power connection to people, by plugging into the official supply through live wi

  5. Electricity sector in the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia

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    The power sector in the Dominican Republic has traditionally been, and still is, a bottleneck to the country's economic growth. A prolonged electricity crisis and ineffective remedial measures have led to a vicious cycle of regular blackouts, high operating costs of the distribution companies, large losses including electricity theft through illegal connections, high retail tariffs to cover ...

  6. Graphite bomb - Wikipedia

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    Graphite bomb BLU-114/B. A graphite bomb is intended to be a non-lethal weapon used to disable an electrical grid.The bomb works by spreading a dense cloud of extremely fine, chemically treated carbon filaments over air-insulated high voltage installations like transformers and power lines, causing short-circuits and subsequent disruption of the electricity supply in an area, a region or even ...

  7. Wheeling (electric power transmission) - Wikipedia

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    In electric power transmission, wheeling is the transmission of power from one system to another through the third-party interconnecting network. [1] [2] [3] The wheeling provider, or utility, receives compensation for the service and for electricity losses incurred in the transmission.

  8. Losses in electrical systems - Wikipedia

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    In an electrical or electronic circuit or power system part of the energy in play is dissipated by unwanted effects, including energy lost by unwanted heating of resistive components (electricity is also used for the intention of heating, which is not a loss), the effect of parasitic elements (resistance, capacitance, and inductance), skin effect, losses in the windings and cores of ...

  9. Backfeeding - Wikipedia

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    A common source of unintentional backfeeding is an electrical generator (typically a portable generator) that is improperly connected to a building electrical system.A properly installed electrical generator incorporates the use of a transfer switch or generator interlock kit to ensure the incoming electrical service line is disconnected when the generator is providing power to the building.