حامد گرگین پور

Regarding current approach of electric power distribution companies (EPDCs) and the emergence of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), It's possible to acquire more data from power systems. Nowadays one of the main challenges to reduce the losses in power distribution networks is a precise planning and policy making for spending the funds to decrease the losses. This research aims to determine the necessary infrastructures and emphasizes on promoting a culture which leads management in both staff and line to believe in system thinking in order to reduce the losses in distribution networks (with emphasis on AMI systems data as decision basis). It also intends to introduce a flowchart system to address the high rate of energy losses in network as one of the main problems in EPDCs. It should be noted as one of the innovations of this research that the all methods using in domestic and international researches are based on reducing the non-technical losses, but proposed methods of this study is based on reducing technical losses. Moreover, it gives some methods of accurate and optimum planning in order to direct human and financial capitals through GIS in short-term and long-term interval.