Moldovagaz company urged Moldovan residents not to delay the payment of gas debts and reminded them that they have the right to close off debtors from 1 March. related explanation published on the company’s website.
According to the company, as of February 22, end-consumers debt for natural gas supplied in January of this year amounted to 318,657 million lei (more than $16.9 million), including non-residential consumers – 64,829 million lei (more than $3.4 million). ), household consumers – 253.828 million lei (more than $13.4 million).
In the statement, it was stated that Moldovagaz will remove the natural gas installations of indebted consumers from the distribution network from 27 February for non-residential consumers and from 1 March for residential consumers, in accordance with the provisions of the law on disconnection from the network. shelter and communal services in cold weather period of the year.
Currently, a state of emergency is in force in Moldova, which was declared in connection with the energy crisis due to gas shortages and the rising cost of energy resources. Chisinau in December started to buy electricity from Moldavskaya GRES, owned by the Russian company Inter RAO, located on the territory of unrecognized Transnistria. Chisinau gives all the gas it buys from Russia to Tiraspol in exchange for electricity. likes backups.