A Study on Electricity Theft Detection and Control in Smart Grid Systems

Now-a-days, smart meters are a very essential part of the smart grid and energy theft is an important issue in smart grid implementation. Even sometimes, it becomes acute mostly in developing and underdeveloped countries. In this paper, the authors mainly focus on different ways of electricity theft from smart meters and various preventive measures that were discussed in open literature. This paper also proposed a mechanism to the utility providers to Figure out illegal lines and take necessary actions.