Dubash: Indian state power grid losses range from 15% to 30%
Navroz Dubash · Ep# 15 | WTF is Climate Change? Nikhil ft. Sunita, Bhumi, Navroz and Mirik · Nikhil Kamath · Feb 8, 2024 · at 1:22:25
Navroz Dubash, energy and climate policy scholar, discusses power distribution inefficiencies and commercial losses in India.
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“We now have this measure called aggregate technical and commercial losses i.e. Theft, and that can vary from 15 to 30% across states.”
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