Energy losses occur in the process of supplying electricity to consumers due to technical and non-technical reasons. The technical losses are due to energy dissipated in the conductors and equipment used for transmission, transformation, sub transmission and distribution of power on account of Corona loss, Joule effect, Magnetic Losses, and skin effect, while the non-technical (commercial) losses include theft of electricity, vandalism to electrical substations, poor meter reading, Time Drift of Meter, poor accounting and record keeping, seasonal variation etc. Most of these losses are inherent in a system and can be reduced to an optimum level. The seasonal behaviour of Transmission Loss in interstate transaction in Eastern Region along with the issues and challenges in Loss Computations are elaborated in this paper based on the operational experience.
Availability Based Tariff (ABT), Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Point of Connection (PoC), Special Energy Meter (SEM), Regional Load Despatch Centre (RLDC), Central Transmission Utility (CTU), Inter State Transmission System (ISTS), Indian Electricity Grid Code (IEGC)
