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by philipkglass 873 days ago
That's much too high an estimate, at least for the United States:

How much electricity is lost in electricity transmission and distribution in the United States?

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that annual electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) losses averaged about 5% of the electricity transmitted and distributed in the United States in 2018 through 2022.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=105&t=3