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Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region summed up the results of the implementation of measures to suppress non-metered and non-contractual electricity consumption for 5 months of 2020.
In the course of large-scale raid work carried out by personnel of Distribution Zones and electricity metering departments of branches of the companies together with specialists of the security unit, in the regions of operational responsibility of Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region (20 constituent entities of the Russian Federation), 4,006 facts of illegal consumption of electric energy were revealed. The total amount of stolen resources was 80.1 million kWh, the damage - 288 million rubles. Power engineers are taking measures to compensate for the damage. For violators who did not do it voluntarily, court decisions on recovery are issued. In order to bring the perpetrators to justice, on the facts of non-metered electricity consumption identified by the security units of Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region, filings are sent to law enforcement agencies. At the moment, 1,223 administrative proceedings and 6 criminal cases have been initiated, based on the results of which 617 people were brought to administrative responsibility, 1 consumer was convicted.
“The fight against theft of energy resources is, without exaggeration, a strategic task. The actions of unscrupulous consumers cause economic damage, threaten the implementation of plans to improve the quality of functioning of the electric grid complex of the regions, the reliability of energy supply to consumers in general. We intend to continue to act in this direction consistently, in a tough way and uncompromisingly. We will make every effort to suppress theft, identify and punish those responsible,” stressed General Director of Rosseti Centre - the managing organization of Rosseti Centre and Volga Region Igor Makovskiy.
Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region remind that the legislation of the Russian Federation provides for severe penalties for persons illegally consuming electricity. In case of theft, violators not only compensate for the damage caused to the power grid company, but are also held criminally or administratively liable with a fine. On 9 June 2019, amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation entered into force, according to which fines for double unauthorized connection to electric grids and for repeated unauthorized (non-metered) energy consumption doubled. Now in such cases, violators - individuals will be required to pay from 15 to 30 thousand rubles, legal entities - from 200 to 300 thousand rubles. Officials can be removed from their activity for a period of two to three years, and also a fine from 80 to 200 thousand rubles can be imposed on them.
Power engineers urge everyone who has become aware of cases of electricity theft, illegal connection to power grids, to report this by the round-the-clock telephone of the Contact Centre of Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region: 8-800-220-0-220 (anonymous call and toll-free) or through an anonymous feedback form on the official websites of the energy companies.
