MIDAS: detection of non-technical losses in electrical consumption using neural networks and statistical techniques

Authors:
Íñigo Monedero;Félix Biscarri;Carlos León;Jesús Biscarri;Rocío Millán
Affiliations:
Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Seville, Spain;Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Seville, Spain;Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Informática, Seville, Spain;Endesa, Seville, Spain;Endesa, Seville, Spain
Venue:
ICCSA'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part V
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Datamining has become increasingly common in both the public and private sectors. A non-technical loss is defined as any consumed energy or service which is not billed because of measurement equipment failure or ill-intentioned and fraudulent manipulation of said equipment. The detection of non-technical losses (which includes fraud detection) is a field where datamining has been applied successfully in recent times. However, the research in electrical companies is still limited, making it quite a new research topic. This paper describes a prototype for the detection of non-technical losses by means of two datamining techniques: neural networks and statistical studies. The methodologies developed were applied to two customer sets in Seville (Spain): a little town in the south (pop: 47,000) and hostelry sector. The results obtained were promising since new non-technical losses (verified by means of in-situ inspections) were detected through both methodologies with a high success rate.