Non-payment is not that straight-forward, but is still a very powerful tool: 1. You cannot serve the remaining 50-60% of customers at the same cost, leading to

Non-payment is not that straight-forward, but is still a very powerful tool: 1. You cannot serve the remaining 50-60% of customers at the same cost, leading to cascading shut-offs 2. Electricity can also be stolen in many ways and this is exactly what happens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolipinovo#Utilities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolipinovo#Utilities