Charlotte
19-01-06, 02:53 PM
Citizens may terminate contracts with heating billing companies after two serious gaffes, says Ignat Tomanov
- Mr. Tomanov, how will the imposition of a fee for a household electrometer affect the electricity bills of the citizens?
- The State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission has not yet approved such a fee. The aim, however, is to ensure more evenly distributed revenues from every subscriber.
- How much will the subscribers pay for an installed electrometer?
- This problem is a real headache. Because there are people whose electricity bills do not exceed 5 leva (2.5 euro) and we cannot make them pay 5 leva extra for an electrometer. In my opinion, the fee should not be higher that 2 leva. In Sofia, for example, there are 550,000 household subscribers. I believe the money that the power distribution ventures would collect is enough to cover the maintenance of the electrometers.
- Which of the heating billing companies get the largest number of complaints?
- These are "Techem" and "Nelboingeneering." Their managers are good experts, but their personnel's expertise leaves much to be desired. The new mandatory registration in the Ministry of Economy and Energy allows terminating contracts with them after two well-grounded complaints from the subscribers.
- The State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission is in charge of water supplies' billing, too. Do you expect a price hike in water supplies?
- New regulations have been approved concerning the prices for the services of the Water Supply and Sewerage agencies. We shouldn't forget that water is our national wealth and everyone must pay for it.
Nikolay Georgiev
P.S. Ignat Tomanov is the deputy chairman of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission. He is in charge of the "Power Engineering" department.
Tomanov was born on October 17, 1947 in Sofia. He graduated from the Sofia Technical University where he majored in "Power Supply of Industrial Enterprises." He has broad many-year experience as a head of "Power Supply" agency in Sofia where he worked from 1974 till 2000. Tomanov specialized in power engineering in Hungary.
http://www.standartnews.com/archive/2006/01/19/english/interview/index.htm
- Mr. Tomanov, how will the imposition of a fee for a household electrometer affect the electricity bills of the citizens?
- The State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission has not yet approved such a fee. The aim, however, is to ensure more evenly distributed revenues from every subscriber.
- How much will the subscribers pay for an installed electrometer?
- This problem is a real headache. Because there are people whose electricity bills do not exceed 5 leva (2.5 euro) and we cannot make them pay 5 leva extra for an electrometer. In my opinion, the fee should not be higher that 2 leva. In Sofia, for example, there are 550,000 household subscribers. I believe the money that the power distribution ventures would collect is enough to cover the maintenance of the electrometers.
- Which of the heating billing companies get the largest number of complaints?
- These are "Techem" and "Nelboingeneering." Their managers are good experts, but their personnel's expertise leaves much to be desired. The new mandatory registration in the Ministry of Economy and Energy allows terminating contracts with them after two well-grounded complaints from the subscribers.
- The State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission is in charge of water supplies' billing, too. Do you expect a price hike in water supplies?
- New regulations have been approved concerning the prices for the services of the Water Supply and Sewerage agencies. We shouldn't forget that water is our national wealth and everyone must pay for it.
Nikolay Georgiev
P.S. Ignat Tomanov is the deputy chairman of the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission. He is in charge of the "Power Engineering" department.
Tomanov was born on October 17, 1947 in Sofia. He graduated from the Sofia Technical University where he majored in "Power Supply of Industrial Enterprises." He has broad many-year experience as a head of "Power Supply" agency in Sofia where he worked from 1974 till 2000. Tomanov specialized in power engineering in Hungary.
http://www.standartnews.com/archive/2006/01/19/english/interview/index.htm