From 1975 to 1994, total installed generating capacity increased from 2,755,000 kW to 13,861,000 kW. In 2000, 57.8% of primary energy consumed was derived from oil, 25% from natural gas, 9.3% from coal, and the remainder from other sources. Distribution, however, is far from adequate, with only about 20% of the population having access to the system. The Metropolitan Electrical Authority serves Bangkok; the Provincial Electricity Authority provides service to the rest of the kingdom. Total national output in 2000 was 94,300 million kWh, up from 15,948 million kWh in 1981 and only 1,092 million kWh in 1964. Fossil fuels accounted for 92.3% hydropower for 6.3%, and other renewable sources for the rest. Consumption of electricity in 2000 was 90.3 billion kWh. Installed capacity in 2001 was 20.8 billion kW.
Thailand is heavily dependent on imports of foreign oil. Proven and potential domestic deposits were estimated at 516 million barrels in early 2002, but exploitation and development have been inhibited by declining oil prices. In 2001, crude oil production amounted to about 175,027 barrels per day, mostly from the Sirikit oil field. Natural gas reserves were estimated at about 354 billion cu m in early 2002, and production has been aided by the exploitation of new fields in the Gulf of Thailand. Production in 2000 was put at 16 billion cu m, almost double the 1995 amount. The state-owned oil company, PTT, was partially privatized in 2001 when the government divested 32% of its stake. In 1999, the government introduced a new energy policy favoring increased use of natural gas. By 2001 it had completed the conversion of nearly all oil-fired power plants to natural gas.
But crooks always have the ability to keep one step ahead of the anti theft system. They stay in business purely through their flair to circumvent any challenge that comes their way. They will always be ahead of the vigilance wing or any Anti power theft detection system. Gone are the days of crude mechanical ways to tamper the meter or divert electricity from main line. The R&D of electricity theft is growing faster than that of the metering mechanism, which was revolution with the advent of ICs and Programmable logic circuits. Now power theft using the Remote sensing devices has been developed. The money power involved in this game is beyond imagination. Globally hundreds of million-worth energy is pilfered by these anti social elements.
I’m a vigilance engr working with antipower theft operation for a decade and detected 100s of power theft ranging from crude form to high-tech thefts in precision meter. Kindly let me the type of theft prevailing at that place
Sreeni