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How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

592 points · 336 comments · rbanffy

  1. hn_submit · · focus · HN ↗
    They don't mean "loss" but "outages" if I read it correctly.
    1. db48x · · focus · HN ↗
      They do mean loss. Literally losing electricity as heat because of resistance. You can never reduce this to zero, but various problems can compound to increase the loss to ridiculous levels.
      1. inemesitaffia · · focus · HN ↗
        Includes loss due to theft
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