News from the Directorate-General for Energy

August 27, 2020

Why are there different rates?

To ensure fair pricing by charging the same price to customers who have similar consumption, and therefore cost, characteristics.…

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August 27, 2020

Are sworn agents allowed to carry out home checks?

Sworn agents of any distribution and marketing operator are authorized to carry out checks on electrical installations and connec…

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August 27, 2020

Can sworn agents carry out checks in professional and industrial facilities without prior warning?

The sworn agents of any distribution and marketing operator are authorized to freely enter at any time of the day or night, and w…

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August 27, 2020

Who is entitled to record offences on electrical energy?

All the offences provided for are recorded by: - officers and judicial police officers; - duly sworn officers of the Ministry in …

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August 27, 2020

What penalties apply to anyone who steals electricity or unlawfully manipulates electrical energy metering equipment or uses a process to reduce part or all of the metering of electrical energy actually consumed?

Anyone who, on their own account, steals electricity, that is to say makes a clandestine and/or fraudulent connection to an opera…

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August 27, 2020

What are the risks to any person who, without prior authorization, erects any construction on the rights-of-way of high-voltage lines or obstructs access to public distribution works?

Anyone who, without being regularly authorized to do so, erects any construction on the rights-of-way of high-voltage lines or ob…

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August 27, 2020

What are the risks for any person who damages or removes components of the transmission or distribution network, including the angles of the metal supports of overhead or underground power lines and public lighting equipment?

Anyone who, without being regularly authorized to do so, damages or removes constituent elements of the transmission or distribut…

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August 27, 2020

What are the risks to any person who maneuvers, disturbs, damages, modifies or removes electrical equipment and works of the public electricity service?

Anyone who, without being regularly authorized to do so, maneuvers, disturbs, damages, modifies or takes away the electrical equi…

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August 27, 2020

What are the risks to any person who, without prior authorization, enters buildings dependent on the production, transport, dispatching or distribution or has introduced or allowed animals to be introduced?

Anyone who, without being regularly authorized to do so, enters buildings dependent on production, transport, dispatching or dist…

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