(Of course the energy companies don't suffer, they simply add £7 to every householder’s bill to cover the cost, but what's more annoying is that over a third of the stolen energy is used to run illegal cannabis farms. Cannabis factories typically use 12,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month - 40 times more than the average home uses.
So all you pot smoking hippies out there who think you are saving the planet, think again.)