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IEEE Spectrum

Flagship magazine of the IEEE, covering engineering, technology, and computing news and analysis for a professional and general technical audience.

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Delhi took 25 years to cut its grid losses from about 50% to 5%

Delhi cut its grid's electricity losses from about 50% to 5% over 25 years, IEEE Spectrum reports. For countries still losing a tenth or more of their power, the case shows that cutting losses can meet part of rising demand, though it takes decades.

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Delhi's grid now loses 5 to 6 percent of its electricity, down from more than half in 2002

Delhi cut grid losses from over 50 percent in 2002 to 5 to 6 percent in 2026, according to a power-systems professor at Jamia Millia Islamia. The professor offers Delhi as a model for high-loss grids in 11 countries, with the steps that produced the result set out after the figures.

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