New Delhi 8 April 2011

Press Release

BRPL’ anti-power theft campaign creates new records

90 Days, 180 Mass Raids

34,000 KW unearthed, 4840 cases booked

Ninety days, 180 mass raids, over 34,000 KW of power-theft load unearthed and 4850 cases booked. These staggering figures are the result of one-of-the-biggest anti-power theft exercises undertaken by BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) in South and West Delhi in recent times. The anti-power theft campaign has also thrown some interesting facts.

For increased effectiveness of the drive and to unearth power-theft of various types, the raids were carried-out 24 x 7 – including during late-night and early morning hours.

The massive crack-down on power-theft has unearthed nearly 22,000 KW of power-theft load in West Delhi and nearly 12,700 KW in South Delhi. The former also takes the lead in number of power theft cases booked. In West Delhi, nearly 3477 cases have been booked since January 2011, as opposed to 1363 cases for South Delhi during the corresponding period.

West Delhi

Of the total 22,000 KW of power-theft load unearthed between January 15 and March, 2011, Dishonest Abstraction of Energy (DAE) or meter tampering accounted for nearly 19,000 KW and Direct Theft (DT) 2260 KW.

The highest power- theft load of 3483 KW (DAE 2845 KW, DT 638 KW) was unearthed from the Vikaspuri Division in West Delhi. This is followed by the Tagore Garden and Janakpuri Divisions at 2784 KW (DAE 2618 KW, DT 166 KW) and 2610 KW (DAE 2412 KW, DT 198 KW).

The highest number of power-theft cases - 1061 - were booked from the Nangloi division. This was followed by the Jankapuri and Mundka divisions at 564 and 415 respectively.

South Delhi

Of the two load of 12,700 KW unearthed in South Delhi, Dishonest Abstraction of Energy (DAE) or metering tampering accounted for nearly 10,600 KW and Direct Theft (DT) 2100 KW.

The highest power-theft load of 3402 KW (DAE 3087 KW, DT 316 KW) was detected from the Sarita Vihar Division. This was followed by the Alaknanda and Vasant Kunj divisions at 1766 KW (DAE 1487 KW, DT 280 KW) and 1339 KW (DAE 1061 KW, DT 279 KW)

The highest number of power-theft cases – 195 - were booked from the Nizamuddin division. This was followed by the Sarita Vihar and Alaknand divisions at 190 and 181 respectively.

To undertake these enforcement raids with microscopic accuracy, the discom is relying heavily on modern analytics and technology. For the purpose, energy input data from the over 6,000 Distribution Transformers (DT) is being collated and analysed by a centralized team and power-theft locations narrowed-down significantly.

According to a BRPL spokesperson, “BSES discoms have been leading a crack-down on power theft. Since July 2002, they have booked over 1.71 lakh (BRPL 1.05 lakh, BYPL 63,000) cases for power theft and unearthed a power theft load of over 1100 MW. Incidentally, this is more than double of Delhi’ peak power demand of 583 MW in 1981.

BRPL and BYPL, Delhi’s premier power distribution companies are committed to ensuring quality and reliable electricity supply to all their consumers.