CEZ under investigation

Top Channel has been able to secure the report filed at the Prosecution by a citizen, who seems to have detailed information about the way how the CEZ Company works from inside. This report is based on six main facts and arguments.

The first fact

According to the report, only during January 2011, the Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) has sold to CEZ 2.886.000 KW of electric power, but the CEZ bills show that it is 3.940.413 KW, 1 million KW more than what CEZ has really bought. Even in March 2011, CEZ has bought 2.458.000 KW, but it has billed 302.981 KW more.

Based on the facts of only these two months, CEZ has overcharged the citizens and the institutions with 1.357.394 KW more, making 10 million ALL of illegal profit.

The same example is given for the Selita Station, Tirana, in which CEZ has billed 186 million ALL more than it has bought. This report will be the basis of the Prosecution’s Task Force. CEZ realizes this intentional overcharge by interfering with the measuring appliances, increasing consumption artificially. The whistleblower has accompanied all these facts with a name list of the consumers, who have been intentionally overcharged by CEZ.

Second fact

According to the report, CEZ has artificially increased the fines against consumers and the motives for interfering with the power meters, for which the client is not warned. According to the report, this mechanism is used for artificially increasing the damage caused to the company and for which CEZ demands compensation from the state, or otherwise it pressures the authorities by warning an increase of the electric power price.

The third fact

According to the report, CEZ has artificially increased the damage cost that has been caused by not paying the bills, and through temporary contracts, which are illegal. The report says that CEZ creates temporary contracts, on behalf of different citizens who are not aware of the fact, and the are automatically fined. Only in October 2011 there have been 12.000 temporary contracts. This artificial increase of the number of consumers serves to CEZ to justify the energy it receives from KESH, with a lower price and not that of the market.

With this fraud, CEZ declares that there the network losses have been reduced and they can justify the lack of investments.

Fourth fact

The report says that CEZ steals through the consumers who do not pay within the month. The consumer is left with a deadline of 6 months, during which will be applied fines with 0.5% of the bill each day. When the value is doubled, CEZ pressures the consumer to pay half at once and half in monthly installments.

Fifth fact

The report says that another abuse by CEZ is the selection of the consumers for seeing if they cross the 300 KW limit, for which the price is lower. According to the report, CEZ realizes this by closing the monthly consumption bill once in 25 days and once in 35 days.

Sixth fact

The report says that CEZ steals the state by manipulating the balance of consumption materials that the company uses, such as wires and cables. For arguing this fact, the whistleblower takes as example that one meter cable had a price of 1200 ALL one year ago, and now it is 4400 ALL. CEZ has ordered the storehouses to be emptied, claiming that the 80 km long cable is out of order and they have to buy the same material with a fictive increased price.

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