TNB shall be the one stopping people from stealing instead they allow electricity stealing for months or years then come and ask for payment … so they deliberately want to profit from that … their system would have detected irregular consumptions …

tenaga should have in their system, when electricity overuse by 500.. cut terus - for resident property

mining used so much electric. it can hardly be profitable if u minus the tnb cost

Fuuhhh, instead of putting the blame on pencuri, u r pointing on tnb. What logic is this lol.

they bypass smart meter, how to detect like that? 

You may not understand the concept of how they steal electricity. The reason why it is called “stealing” because the cable didnt even pass thru the meter. Unlike the typical meter tampering and limit electricity passing thru the meter, they now perform total bypass.

The way i see it, owner of property shall not be liable, this is as if a thief steals goldbar from goldsmith and store in the unit, so goldsmith cannot put owner of property responsible of stealing the goldbar.

Bro, u think TNB can’t compare total meter usage of individual users in an area with the total actual powder delivered to the area to detect there is power theft?

It should work both ways. TNB can definitely detect irregularities, but it requires more effort. Every substation has its own main meter, so they could cross-check and spot inconsistencies. But why bother when they can simply go all out to claim backdated payments, which is far more profitable for them?

There have been many cases where a tenant rents a unit for two years and uses it for crypto mining, yet TNB issues a backdated bill covering up to ten years. That means they can easily pocket eight years’ worth of extra charges. It’s basically daylight robbery. That’s why, in recent years, we’ve seen several owners hit with million-ringgit lawsuits from TNB.
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Please la, those who keep saying “why not just change the bill to the tenant’s name” to avoid trouble — did you even read the news? Property owners still end up in court even when the electric bill is under the offender’s name. And when that offender goes MIA, the owner can’t even reconnect the supply until the case is settled. So in the end, it’s just LPPL.

the tenants did not steal, they just don't pay for the electricity