/ world at the moment information/ Ombudsman Maya Manolova participated at the moment in an open assembly of the Fee for Power and Water Regulation /KEVR/, the place a report on adjustments within the costs of electrical energy and heating vitality on account of a 30% improve within the value of pure gasoline was mentioned.
On the identical time, lots of of protesters symbolically buried the regulator in entrance of the KEVR constructing. Individuals demanded to talk personally with the chairman of the Fee for Power and Water Regulation Ivan Ivanov, urging him to go away the assembly and provides them explanations.
“As an ombudsman who protects the rights of Bulgarian residents and of their capability as customers, I’m very anxious concerning the shock improve within the value of pure gasoline and the following will increase in electrical energy, heating and sizzling water. After which by the domino impact of all different items. Particularly to these of first necessity,” mentioned the ombudsman in the course of the open assembly.
“I consider that these will increase are made with out arguments and are unfounded. I additionally assume that the required stability between the pursuits of the vitality firms and the Bulgarian residents shouldn’t be revered and that the selections are taken fully within the curiosity of the vitality firms,” Manolova mentioned categorically.
The ombudsman said as soon as once more her place relating to “Toplofikatsia Sofia” EAD, which, in her phrases, is managed extraordinarily inefficiently and in opposition to the pursuits of the corporate’s subscribers.
“We seemed for when the value of heating was BGN 79 per megawatt hour. We take a median value from “Toplofikatsia Sofia” in 2014, once you discover, the value of pure gasoline was BGN 612. We had the identical value of heating in “Toplofikatsia Sofia” in 2014 at a value of BGN 612 per thousand cubic meters. Now we’ve BGN 79 per megawatt hour, at a pure gasoline value of BGN 363. I believe this quantity is eloquent sufficient,” the ombudsman identified.
“That is why there’s the protest under and the strain among the many folks usually, as a result of the number one matter in the mean time is the shock improve in all these costs – pure gasoline, electrical energy, warmth, water and any further for all different items,” added Manolova.
The ultimate costs of pure gasoline, sizzling water and heating will likely be specified at a closed assembly of KEVR on April 7, Friday.
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