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This study introduces a novel sensor-driven framework for detecting electricity theft in smart grids. The system uses prototype and meta-level ensemble learning to accurately identify energy theft, even zero-day attacks, with improved efficiency.

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anomaly detectionelectricity theftsensor data processingsensor-based anomaly detectionsmart meter sensorszero-day attacks

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Area of Science:

  • Electrical Engineering
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  • Data Science

Background:

  • Electricity theft poses significant economic and stability challenges for smart grids.
  • Smart meter sensors are crucial for monitoring grid infrastructure and detecting anomalies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a scalable and accurate sensor-driven framework for electricity theft detection.
  • To identify zero-day attacks in smart grid systems.

Main Methods:

  • Data compression using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and K-means clustering to create consumption prototypes.
  • Training base-level one-class classifiers (One-Class Support Vector Machine and Gaussian Mixture Model) on these prototypes.
  • Fusing classifier outputs using a meta-OCSVM layer for enhanced detection.

Main Results:

  • Achieved 92% dataset size reduction while preserving anomaly-relevant features.
  • Demonstrated superior performance with 88.45% accuracy and 13.85% false alarm rate on the Irish SMP dataset.
  • Reduced training time by over 75%.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework offers an efficient and accurate solution for real-time electricity theft detection.
  • Leveraging smart meter sensor data with advanced machine learning techniques enhances smart grid security and stability.