6 hours agoZERE decision: So far 90 percent of businesses have been shut off from the power grid.
Periskopi(10 months ago)
(10 months ago)Ninety percent of businesses have been shut down on 16 August by electricity supply, while the rest will be shut down over the next few days. Lulzim Krasniqi from KED has told Kosovo that during today there have been no blackouts of businesses from the energy grid because it is a day off, but a [...]
Lulzim Krasniqi from KEDS has told Kosovo Preress that during today there have been no blackouts of businesses from the energy grid, since it is a day off, but this will continue next week.
The majority of over 1400 electrical distributors, identified as company property, have been shut down during yesterday's day, are about 90 percent of them off. The rest will be disconnected in the following days, if they fail to reach agreement with any of the GREE-free suppliers, he said.
Following the Comercial Court decision, the Second Stair Room and the announcement accepted by the Energy Regulatory Office, KEDS has announced businesses that have not entered contracts that they will be forced to implement decisions, warning that failure to act would result in deadlocks from the network starting in August 16th.
KEDS has stressed that it is legally forbidden to allow the continuation of electricity supply for consumers who do not have valid agreements with a licensed supplier.
Kosovo's Chamber of Commerce and Industry through a reaction has said that the process has a host of legal and procedural violations, until it has appealed to the Government of Kosovo and the ZERE to immediately suspend implementation of the decision and open a transparent review process.
“We reiterate that the ERE-elect form, supported silently by all relevant institutions, will cause serious consequences for the country's economy, including significant electricity price increases, product price increases, the risk of thousands of jobs, the reduction of domestic production, and the loss of imports that are growing daily, and the closure of a large number of business activities”, is said to be in the TsTIK response.
That they will continue the legal battle against the Electricity Regulatory Office ( ZRGEs, have also said from the Kosovo Economic Oda, warning of the possibility of raising the case in the Supreme Court and whether necessary, even in the Constitutional Court.
The destruction of hundreds of businesses by the KED's power supply network has called persecution the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) as this party called on the Special Prosecutor to deal with institutions such as the Energy Regulatory Office and assets not to remain unpunished.
While the Democratic Party of Kosovo has described businesses as a national economic disaster, stressing that this situation endangers over 100,000 families in Kosovo, due to the lack of power supply and the disruption of business economic activity.
Reactions have also been made by the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, which has stressed that Kosovo businesses have remained at the mercy of energy mafia. /Periscope/
