Significant positive results were achieved last month by the energy workers of our region, — reports the press service of VAT "Volynoblenergo". For this industry, February is traditionally considered a difficult month, because the peak of electricity consumption in the winter period reaches its maximum, therefore the level of technological energy losses at this time was also traditionally high — for example, in 2000 it stood at 34%.
February 2005, in terms of reducing electricity losses thanks to the effective work of VAT "Volynoblenergo" employees, turned out to be successful: for the first time in the past few years, technological losses in the winter months decreased by half and now stand at only 17.16%. For comparison — in the neighboring Lviv and Rivne regions, the level of losses remains significantly higher: 20 and 19% respectively.
The Volyn residents managed to achieve positive results primarily thanks to the strengthening of work with electricity thieves and the improvement of personal metering of consumed electricity among household subscribers. If three years ago controllers took readings from only 13% of consumers per month, now they visit more than 90% of subscribers per month. Such work contributes to more timely and complete settlements by the population with the energy supply company. However, as of today, the total debt of consumers to VAT "Volynoblenergo" remains still considerable — 8.5 million UAH.