CEZ Unwilling to Listen to New Regulator Too
Head of SCEWR Anguel Semerdzhiev has repeatedly stated the electricity distributor should restore monthly accounting by February 1 at the latest. The company missed understanding once again, waits for a court ruling
Bulgaria News | 20.10.2009 18:23Within three months the CEZ company, which is in charge of electricity distribution in Western Bulgaria, should restore monthly accounting for its subscribers’ energy bills, Chair of the State Committee for Energy and Water Regulation (SCEWR) Anguel Semerdzhiev told reporters. This means the new deadline the regulator sets is February 1, 2010, before imposing new fines to the Czech company. The Committee pointed out for the Focus news agency that CEZ has started hiring extra personnel for the accounting of meters each month, but CEZ’s management turned out to be surprised at that allegation and repeated they were waiting for a Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling to drop quarterly billing. New head of the company Blahoslav Faimon defended his predecessor’s policy, pointing out he would rather invest BGN 10 million on two sub-stations in Sofia, instead of spending it on printing and delivering monthly invoices.
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