# How much electrical energy is lost in its transmission?

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**Created:** [March 10, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-electrical-energy-is-lost-in-its-transmission/440809 "2008-03-10T04:28:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![solkoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-electrical-energy-is-lost-in-its-transmission/440809/1 "2008-03-10T04:28:18Z")

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Say I lived 100 km from an electrical energy production plant. What percent of the electrical energy going into the wire is lost on its exit from the wire?

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-electrical-energy-is-lost-in-its-transmission/440809/2 "2008-03-10T04:40:17Z")

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