CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s power industry is the least efficient among the southern States in controlling energy loss during transmission and due to electricity theft and meter tampering. About 18 per cent of the power generated in the State is lost owing to these factors, which is referred to in the industry as Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) loss.
Though the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) has initiated steps to reduce this loss, officials say it’s not possible to reach the Union government-set target of eight per cent by 2025-26. Not only the TANGEDCO, many power utilities are also struggling to reduce the AT&C loss, the national average of which is 35 percent, according to a Ministry of Power (MoP) report.
