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I wonder if they do any sort of audit of the amount of power used vs billed and, if so, at what scale. How long would it take them to identify the discrepancy?
by elliekelly 5y ago
I wonder if they do any sort of audit of the amount of power used vs billed and, if so, at what scale. How long would it take them to identify the discrepancy? As long as it was pretty small-scale and not trying to hide a huge crypto-mining operation of something I suspect it would be a very long time before anyone figured it out.
- theshrike79 5y agoThat depends on the power company. But it's quite trivial to compare your average consumption with similar users and find the outliers. That's how people who steal power get caught for example and grow-houses :) And it's also a useful tool for the consumers themselves to know if they are spending more/less/equal amounts of electricity as people with similar profiles.