In reality the problem is not being attacked from the right direction, this needs to come about once people have been educated that electric is not free, and how important it is to everyone else that EVERYONE pays. When you have areas where literally thousands of homes, colmados and shops are not paying for electric then they live in a world where electric has never been paid for before, no one pays for electricity. Kids grow up not even understanding that you need to pay for electric, electric goes off just because it is part of the disfuctional land they live in, I don't think the connection is made (excuse the pun), just accepted.
But where do you start to educate a nation on something that is going to cost them money many don't have. On the other hand, I know of homes that don't need to rob lecy but do because of where they live, it is the norm.
I think meters need to be introduced down the line once progress has been made.