Please aside replacing old equipment with new ones in an Electricity Distribution Network, i would like suggestions on other ways to reduce ATC & C Losses.
What is the old equipment you are replacing, and what sort of electricity distribution network is it? State run or private, commercial, domestic, or industrial?
Also, is this for a project in the U.K, as ATC & C loss calculation may be different in other countries, and covered by different electrical regulations.
What sort of equipment is being replaced? Transformers, controllers, meters, etc?
Re the Aggregate, Technical, Commercial & Collections losses, the calculation methods may be different in Nigeria, as that country will have different electricity regulations from the U.K, where I am located. Distribution in the U.K. is covered by this law:
"Before ATC and C Losses of a network area can be evaluated, certain pre-requisites have to be met such as ring-fencing of electrical network area, metering of energy import/export points of the network, segregation of rural loads within the electrical network of area office, metering of distribution transformers, and metering of all the consumers within the electrical network of the area office".
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Basically, Ntewo, whatever the country, the better the standard and efficiency of the installed equipment, the better the monitoring of usage and costs, and the better the methods of collecting payment, the smaller the overall losses should be.
