System loss (SL) in electricity comes from technical losses or due to physics and from non-technical losses or due to thefts and cheats. In the Philippines, those under private and corporate distribution utilities have lower SL – only about five percent under Meralco – and an average of 10.5 percent under electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide.

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