The city often experiences power shortages in winter because of an increase in consumption as well as power theft.
Bankrupt state-run electricity boards, an acute shortage of coal, skewed subsidises which end up benefiting rich farmers, power theft, and under-performing private distribution agencies are to blame, say experts.
No one really knows, but it shows how fast news can travel digitally and the power brand identity theft could have.
In its rural crime survey, the theft of power tools - such as chainsaws, electric drills and lawnmowers - topped the list of items targeted, it said.
They typically lose about a third of the power they buy through theft or inefficient kit, and one executive reckons that up to another third is delivered legally to rural customers who pay subsidised prices or get it free.
Its products are used in 70 countries to protect national borders, airports, correctional facilities and nuclear power plants from terrorism and theft.
Libertarians tend to be sticky about principles and the last time I looked robbing savers of purchasing power by creating money out of thin air was theft no matter how Dr. Friedman or the Keynesians would like to justify the practice.
Rarely a day goes by without some story about how cable theft has disrupted a train journey or caused a power outage.
Fraud, theft, forgery, extortion and the wrongful use of a power of attorney are other common forms of financial abuse.
Mr Berlusconi is also accused of abuse of power, for intervening after Ms Mahroug was briefly held by police over theft claims.
Two years later, magistrates in Milan said they were investigating whether Berlusconi paid for sex with an underage prostitute named Ruby the Heartbreaker, then used his power to spring her from jail in an unrelated incident in which she was picked up for theft.
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