Since the beginning of the year, consumer debt for electricity in the region has increased by 6 million hryvnias, the Western Information Corporation was told on November 30 by the press service of VAT "Volynoblenergo." Of this, 4 million are debts of the communal services of the regional center.
The problem of payment for electricity by household consumers also remains unsatisfactory today. The worst payments for electricity are made by residents of Horokhiv, Ivanychi, Lokachi, Lyuboml, and Rozhyshche districts, as well as Kovel and Lutsk. Since the beginning of 2005, the total debt of the population has increased by 1 million 200 thousand hryvnias.
The industrial sector has also been included among the largest non-payers. Its enterprises have created a one-and-a-half-million debt for electricity since the beginning of the year. The leaders among non-payers in this sector are the cities of Lutsk, Novovolynsk, as well as Lutsk district.
Large debts currently also exist among enterprises of the agricultural sector. The remainder of their unpaid restructured electricity amounts to more than 9 million hryvnias. At the end of December 2005, the term of most restructuring agreements expires, so operating enterprises are trying first of all to pay off old debts to energy providers. In total, the agricultural sector has reduced them by 1 million 400 thousand hryvnias since the beginning of the year.