Kosovars continue to steal electricity heavily

According to some energy sector data, close to one-third of the total electricity remains unfathomed, while in addition to the northern part of the country, where KED fails to fatten the country's other areas of energy spent as well as the company's problematic area.

According to data that circulates among power distributors, in the Pec region, losses are 31 percent in the Gjakova region, and in the Pristina region of 27 percent.

The somewhat better situation is in the Gjilan region, where net losses are estimated to be 15.63 percent.

These losses are estimated to be from the weak rule of law in the country, since even in cases where illegal keys are identified, they cannot be interrupted until the outcome of judicial processes, which often take a long time to resolve.

Stealing electricity is the most pronounced phenomenon that follows Kosovo, from post-war and perhaps even earlier.

In the meantime, constant efforts are made to reduce these thefts, but the results have not been satisfactory so far.

Unlike the Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE), in its 2017 report, notes that the greatest level of commercial losses is during winter.

The “Family Consumption and commercial losses are higher in the winter season, which is largely due to the use of electricity for heating”, the ZRRE report said.

And so does Z. The RRE revealed that the cost of electricity loss has a total of 56,060m euros for 2017 alone.