Software product to reduce commercial energy losses

¹ Orel State Agrarian University named after N.V. Parakhin, Orel, Russia
² Orel State Agrarian University named after N.V. Parakhin, Orel, Russia
³ Kazan State Power Engineering University, Kazan, Russia

^* Corresponding author: maksimka-borodin@yandex.ru

Abstract

The personnel of electric grid companies spend considerable amount of time searching for noncontractual and non-meteredelectricity consumption. The raids carried out by personnel of electric grid companies to detect electricity theft are not always effective, as they are carried out selectively and often do not take into account many factors that could affect the number of detected cases of electricity theft. The article proposes a software product that allows, on the basis ofconsumers’ registration, who have already stolen electricity, have arrears in payment for consumed electricity, made uncontrolled consumption, carry out a process of technological connection or have non-meter accounting, to send personnel conducting a raid to identify electricity theft. It also makes possible to generate the necessary acts, certificates, etc.in real time, which allows staff to reduce the time to fill out paper versions and transfer the necessary documents to the police. The software product allows to increase the efficiency of raids by electric grid companies, by reducing the time of inspections. In turn, the implementation of the proposed software product will allow electric grid companies to significantly reduce energy losses by increasing the territoriality of raids.