Endesa Detects 11 Electrical Frauds a Day in Cadiz, More than 2,000 in Six Months, with Marijuana Plantations in the Center of the Problem
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The company has opened 47 fraud files linked to indoor plantations, an activity that accounts for 17% of the energy that is defrauded in the province Endesa undertakes to invest 130,000 euros in the rural centers of Medina
Endesa detects up to June 547 cannabis-related frauds, responsible for 20% of the defrauded energy, despite the fact that since April the Penal Code severely punishes the theft of electricity destined for drug facilities
The volume of energy obtained fraudulently reaches 171 million kWh the defrauded energy, 20% linked to marijuana plantations Andalusia, national epicenter of electricity fraud with almost 60% of the cases in 2025
The electricity fraud for marijuana already represents 20% of the energy defrauded in Andalusia. Endesa has counted 34 million kilowatt hours linked to indoor cannabis plantations in the first semester of 2026, within the 171 million defrauded in the entire autonomous community. The data disseminated by the electric community draw an x-ray with implications that go beyond the economic loss. The massive fraud saturates the networks, triggers the …
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