KIB-TEK TRNC issues warning; to cut power to defaulters August first week.

KIB-TEK has revealed the total amount of money you can owe to the power authority without having your electricity cut off. As long as this threshold is maintained, your power can never be cut off, though it is usually better to clear your outstanding bills on time to avoid unhappy circumstances.

The Power company said that consumers with outstanding bills of 469TL and over will have their electricity cut off automatically. Invariably if you owe below 469TL, your electricity will not be cut off

The electricity authority has been implementing a new Automatic Meter Management system. KIB-TEK director Mehmet Salih Gurkan said that with the new system, the new meters could be managed remotely. However, not all meters had been changed he noted, and personnel were still needed for meter reading, disconnecting and reconnecting meters.

Gurkan said that with the new meters, those who had unpaid electricity bills or were behind in paying their instalments would see their electricity cut off. To reconnect the power would cost an extra 89.32TL he said.

Disconnections in those cases would begin soon, as early as next week he said calling on consumers to make the necessary arrangements in order not to be without electricity.

Regarding speculative reports of possible price hikes in electricity bills. PM Kalyoncu of TRNC Council of Ministers refuted the claims as gossip and said the allegations that ‘a lot of people had been employed to the electricity department therefore price increases will be made to cover that’ was a bad approach. He said the price increases are based on petrol swings and the rate of exchange on the dollar.

Credit: Kibris Postasi