A branch from the distributor Enel No. Rio de Janeiro claims to have registered 150 thousand thefts de electricity – also known as “cats of light” – in the state during the year 2023.
The company survey, released last Friday (17), indicates that most cases of energy theft occurred in calls "Risk areas". Term referring to regions that present electrical risk, situations or conditions that involve electricity and that have the potential de cause harm à human life, materials damage or other types of hazards.
Those risks can be coming de poor electrical installations, equipment damaged, lack of adequate insulation, confined and damp areas, and/or non-compliance with rules and regulations.
Currently, about 15% of consumers of the distributor in the state are present in these Risk areas.
The company says it is prevented de exercise supervision of energy systems for avoid some kind of risk to life of customers in these regions.
The occurrences were more common in the municipality of mage, had 23 thousand cases of energy theft, about 15% of all events. Duque de Caxias e Sao Goncalo close the top 3 with 18 thousand e 16 thousand occurrences, respectively.
“To combat energy theft, the company remains firm in its inspection actions, in partnership with public authorities,” stated Enel.
Impacts of energy theft
Cases of electrical energy diversion contribute protocols for increase in price of the electricity bill all consumers. Data last year indicated that almost 15 % of the country's energy is the result of these “cats of light”
As Risk areas represent over half da stolen energy in the concessionaire's area of operation in the state. Average, 3 out of every 4 residents of these regions divert energy. In these regions in Niterói and São Gonçalo, cases of theft represent 95% of all energy distributed.
According to Enel, the concessionaire recovered 355 GWh of energy in 2023. Volume equivalent to annual consumption of about 167 thousand homes.
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