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For 8 months of 2019, specialists of the branch “Rosseti Centre Yarenergo” identified 424 cases of illegally consumed electricity in the amount of 13.146 million kWh for a total of more than 45 million rubles.
The inspection control group of the branch’s security department specializes in identifying large unscrupulous consumers. Over the past few months alone, experts of the inspection control group identified more than a dozen major cases of non-metered electricity consumption. Most often, the power engineers find broken and damaged seals on metering devices, as well as the presence of external devices inside the instrument cases. Such cases were recorded during the inspection of a museum in the village of Vyatskoye, a shopping centre in Yaroslavl, industrial enterprises in Yaroslavl and Rybinsk, and a health centre in Rybinsk. The damage caused by violators in each case ranged from 1 to 4 million rubles.
Specialists of the security department and Rybinsky Distribution Zone revealed the largest fact of non-metered electricity consumption at the end of September in one of hotels in the city of Myshkin. On the meter, the seals of the state calibrator and signs of visual control were broken, an external device was installed inside the case. Damage from the violation amounted to 10 million 700 thousand rubles.
For all the revealed facts, a statement was written to law enforcement authorities. In accordance with the legislation, administrative and criminal liability is provided for such offenses. Also, through the fault of violators, voltage drops and failures in electric grids can occur, household appliances can fail.
Yaroslavl power engineers urge residents of the region to be vigilant and remind that there is a separate e-mail address at vorunet@mrsk-1.ru, where you can send information about the theft of electricity. Information can also be transmitted by calling the security department of the branch “Yarenergo” at 8-980-709-90-80, operating only within the region, or by calling the company’s round-the-clock direct line at 8-800-50-50-115. The call is toll-free.
