Antmann, Pedro2014-12-172014-12-172009-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20786This document reviews experience with efforts in developing countries by private as well as state-owned electricity companies to reduce total losses in transmission and distribution and provides examples of sustainable reductions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACTION PLANACTION PLANSAFFILIATE COMPANYAGRICULTUREALLOCATION OF RISKSALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF SUPPLYAPPROACHASSETSAVAILABILITYAVERAGE TARIFFBALANCEBENCHMARKBILL COLLECTIONBILL COLLECTION RATEBUSINESS OPERATIONSBUSINESS PROCESSESCABLECALL CENTERCALL CENTERSCAPABILITIESCAPITALIZATIONCOLLUSIONCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITIESCOMMERCIAL CUSTOMERSCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPETITION IN GENERATIONCOMPETITIVE PRICESCONCESSIONCONCESSION CONTRACTCONCESSION CONTRACTSCONNECTION FEECONSUMERSCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITYCONTROL SYSTEMSCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOSTS OF POWERCREDIT CARDSCUSTOMER ANALYSISCUSTOMER SERVICEDIRECT CONNECTIONDISTRIBUTION COMPANIESDISTRIBUTION GRIDSDISTRIBUTION LOSSESDISTRIBUTION NETWORKSDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDISTRIBUTION UTILITIESECONOMIC LIFEECONOMIC LOSSECONOMIC SITUATIONSELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC SERVICEELECTRIC SUPPLYELECTRIC UTILITYELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMERSELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DEMANDELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTIONELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRICEELECTRICITY PRICESELECTRICITY SALESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SERVICESELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRICITY THEFTELECTRICITY UTILITIESELECTRICITY UTILITYELECTRIFICATIONELECTRONIC METERSEND-USERSENERGY AUDITENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY OUTLOOKENERGY PRICESEQUIPMENTFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFINANCIAL VIABILITYFIXED WIRELESSFORECASTSFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFRAMEWORK AGREEMENTFRAUDFUELFUEL TYPEGDPGENERATIONGENERATION COSTSGENERATION MARKETSGOVERNMENT BUDGETGOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROWTH IN DEMANDHARDWAREHORIZONTAL COMPETITIONHUMAN CAPACITYHYDROPOWERHYDROPOWER GENERATIONICTIDENTIFICATION NUMBERIMPLEMENTATION STAGESINCOMEINEFFICIENCYINFORMATION SOCIETYINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINSPECTIONINSPECTIONSINSTALLATIONINSTALLATIONSINSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKINTERNATIONAL ENERGYINTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCYINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENTS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYJOINT VENTUREKILOWATT-HOURKILOWATT-HOURSLARGE CUSTOMERSMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMARKET SEGMENTATIONMARKETINGMETER READINGMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESNETWORK ASSETSNUMBER OF CUSTOMERSOILOIL PRICESOPERATIONAL EFFICIENCYOPTIMIZATIONORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREOUTSOURCINGPARADIGM SHIFTSPEAK LOADPERFORMANCE OF DISTRIBUTION COMPANIESPERFORMANCE TARGETSPHYSICAL CONNECTIONPOLLUTANTSPOWERPOWER COMPANIESPOWER CORPORATIONPOWER DISTRIBUTIONPOWER GENERATIONPOWER INDUSTRYPOWER LINESPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANT CONSTRUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR REFORMPOWER SECTORSPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPRESENT VALUEPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCESPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRIVATE SECTOR FIRMSPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRIVATIZATION PROCESSPRODUCTIVITYPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTUREQUALITY OF SERVICERAIDSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREMOTE COMMUNICATIONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERSRESULTRESULTSROUTESSAFETY EQUIPMENTSATELLITESEARCHESSERVICE PROVIDERSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSUPPLY OF ELECTRICITYTAKEOVERTARGETSTARIFF LEVELSTARIFF RATESTARIFF REVIEWSTARIFF STRUCTURETECHNOLOGY TOOLSTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANYTELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORTELEPHONETELEPHONE SERVICETOLLTOTAL COSTSTOTAL REVENUETRACKING SYSTEMTRANSMISSIONUNIVERSAL ACCESSUSERUSERSUSESUTILITIESUTILITY COMPANYUTILITY CUSTOMERSVIDEOSVOLTAGEWATER DISTRIBUTIONWHOLESALE MARKETWHOLESALE MARKETS10.1596/20786