OSHEE billed 1.5% of stolen energy as economic damage - Penalization with "kilowatt fines" for customers caught in violation
The Electricity Distribution Operator has been able to bill a small amount of energy theft. According to official data from the Energy Regulatory Authority, for the year 2024, 6,259 mWh of energy were billed as economic damage, while the level of non-technical losses, which include thefts, for the past year is 415,638 mWh of energy. This means that OSHEE has sold 1.5% of non-technical losses to customers as economic damage.
From 2020, anyone who steals electricity is penalized with a 'kilowatt fine', or in other words, the amount of energy consumed illegally is converted into lek and billed.
The regulation gives the right to any network user to complain to the Distribution System Operator or the Energy Regulatory Authority, if they object to the economic damage bill imposed by the DSO, or claim that the latter has not followed and implemented the regulation.
Meanwhile, according to official data from the Institute of Statistics, non-technical losses fell by 6% in 2024, compared to the previous year. In fact, last year, the Distribution System Operator undertook numerous checks for electricity abuses at various entities in the country.
The inspections were carried out in the framework of law enforcement and the fight against informality, while based on risk analyses, the focus was on entities that presented the possibility of electricity abuse. After the inspections, entities where theft was found were processed by the police for violations of the energy law. Most of these entities operated in coastal areas.
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