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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113189
	Consumer's perception towards electricity theft: A case study of Islamabad and Rawalpindi using a path analysis
	Babar, Zainab; Jamil, Faisal; Haq, Wajiha
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
EISSN	1873-6777
卷号	169 页码:7
英文摘要	Electricity theft is a chronic issue and energy worth billions of dollars is stolen annually from electricity grids mainly in the developing countries. This study highlights socio-economic and institutional factors deteriorating the electricity theft situation using the path analysis by employing a measurement model in the analysis of a moment structures (AMOS). Preceding the path analysis, statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) is used for descriptive statistics, reliability analysis through Cronbach's alpha test, and exploratory factor analysis through KMO & Barlett's test of sphericity. The study analyses the factors that facilitate the illegal consumption of electricity in the service area of Islamabad Electric Supply Company, Pakistan, utilizing a primary dataset collected through a structured questionnaire from the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The analysis is based on perception of the consumers. The factors that significantly and positively affect the behavior towards theft include corruption diluting deterrence and power outages/load shedding, whereas the age of the respon-dent negatively affects their perception towards electricity theft. The role of electricity tariff rate, electricity consumption pattern, probability of detection, the rule of law, education of the respondent and quality of conduct of utility officials appeared insignificant in motivating consumers to steal electricity.
英文关键词	Electricity theft; Socio-economic; AMOS; Outages; Bribery; Pakistan
学科领域	Economics; Energy & Fuels; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Business & Economics ; Energy & Fuels ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS记录号	WOS:000855683300017
来源期刊	ENERGY POLICY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/272394
作者单位	National University of Sciences & Technology - Pakistan
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Babar, Zainab,Jamil, Faisal,Haq, Wajiha. Consumer's perception towards electricity theft: A case study of Islamabad and Rawalpindi using a path analysis[J],2022,169:7.
APA	Babar, Zainab,Jamil, Faisal,&Haq, Wajiha.(2022).Consumer's perception towards electricity theft: A case study of Islamabad and Rawalpindi using a path analysis.ENERGY POLICY,169,7.
MLA	Babar, Zainab,et al."Consumer's perception towards electricity theft: A case study of Islamabad and Rawalpindi using a path analysis".ENERGY POLICY 169(2022):7.