Smolenskenergo conducts effective work with debtors

IDGC of Centre – Smolenskenergo division continues its systematic work to collect receivables for electricity transmission services. The energy company uses all available mechanisms of administrative and legal influence to make defaulters perform contractual obligations.

Claims and lawsuits bring significant effect. For 8 months Smolenskenergo’s legal department sent 426 lawsuits to courts of various instances for a total of 224 million rubles. During the same period, the courts considered 164 applications for collection of 16 million rubles in arrears for electricity sold to consumers during the period of performance of functions of the supplier of last resort and 82 applications for recovery of 148 million rubles of arrears arising from other types of economic activity of the enterprise. 158 suits for the amount of 68 million rubles were satisfied. Funds received by the energy company from non-payers are primarily spent to finance production activities and modernization of electric grid facilities in the region.

At present, there are 268 cases in the judicial proceedings to recover accounts receivable for the amount of about 60 million rubles. 56 million rubles have already been recovered from the debtors in favour of the branch, including in cooperation with the bailiff service.

The branch reminds that since December 2015 the late payment interest for electricity transmission services has increased by more than two and a half times: from 1/360 to 1/130 of the key interest rate of the Central Bank of Russia from unpaid amount per day of delay.

Claims and lawsuits are only one activity of the branch for dealing with debtors. Smolenskenergo’s representatives are part of the working group set up under the Administration of the Smolensk region to minimize the debt of consumers to resource-supplying organizations. At its meetings, schedules are approved for the repayment of arrears, which are mandatory for non-payers.