In 2005, JSC "Volynoblenergo" suffered losses of one million 250 thousand hryvnias due to electricity theft by household consumers. In total, over 12 months, inspectors discovered almost two thousand cases of unmetered use of electricity. This was reported to the Western Information Corporation by the press service of JSC "Volynoblenergo".
On average, each offender faces a fine of 600 hryvnias, which they are obliged to pay for violating the Rules for the Use of Electric Energy. However, sometimes its amount reaches five to six thousand hryvnias (such fine amounts were recorded, in particular, in the Manevytskyi district).
As noted in the press service, the vast majority of cases where citizens connect electrical equipment to the grid bypassing the meter were detected in settlements of districts that are not fully gasified. This is especially noticeable in the current frosty weather.