The situation of electricity in Pakistan has been alarming from the last ten years. The\ndeficiency in electricity has not only obstructed the business activities but also affected\nthe domestic consumers, educational institutes and hospitals. Usually electrical power\ncompanies are liable for electricity shortfall and power interruption. However, electricity\nend consumers are also equally responsible behind strange shortfall and unusual\npower interruption. Frequently, the consumers use the heavy electrical equipment in\ntheir homes including heaters, geysers, irons and water motors which causes the more\nelectricity consumption, load shedding and huge amount of bills. For escaping the\nhuge amount of electricity bill, the consumers commit the illegal and unethical connections.\nThe illegal usage of electrical power failed the power companies to plan schedule\nload shedding accordingly and the other side the damaged electricity wires or Pole\nMount Transformer increased faults due to overburdening, which directly affected on\nextend power interruption. In addition that, responsible teams of electrical power\ncompanies cannot reach instantly to repair faults and prevent the theft. Electricity\nthieving is social crime committed by the consumers or meter readers which causes the\nelectricity strange shortfall within country. This paper presents the practical demonstration\nabout the common energy theft methods and techniques done by electricity\nconsumers within their home and residential building. In Pakistan EPC (electrical\npower companies) deploy the traditional electromechanical meters for electricity consumption\nmeasurements, however, these meters do not have any real time communication.\nTherefore there are many easy ways to manipulate the meter reading as well as\ninternal structural of metering system
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