Bihar struggles with electricity theft, nonpayment of
Dec 16, 2020#0183;#32;The study pointed to quot;high levels of nonpayment and theftquot; of electricity. (Reuters Photo/File) A study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago on electricity bill payment in Bihar has found that the habit of power theft is a consequence of society treating electricity as a right rather than a commodity to be bought and sold.