EDELAP detected electricity fraud in 27 businesses in the area, which will be criminally denounced for energy theft, within the framework of a new control operation. As reported, the electricity distributor continues to carry out anti-fraud actions to identify and dismantle illegal connections; in all cases the corresponding minutes were drawn up and those dangerous connections were withdrawn.
The staff dismantled the irregular connections of the following businesses and premises: butcher shop of 25 between 501 and 502; laundry room “Teo” of 28 and 500; 526 bakery between 25 and 26; butcher shop “July” of 526 between 25 and 26; “El Bagual” butcher shop at 25 and 511; medical offices of 526 between 25 and 26; club restaurant of 66 between 117 and 118; restaurant at 12 and 72; car wash of 28 between 64 and 65; kiosk of 67 between 30 and 31; activity center of 67 between 22 and 23; real estate of 66 and 118; cotillion of 62 between 11 and 12; hairdresser of 12 between 70 and 71; bakery at 31 and 47; house of cleaning articles of 29 and 63; gym of 54 between 21 and 22; work of departments of 57 between 15 and 16; department of 63 between 28 and 29; local spare parts diagonal 76 and 15; cultural center of 12 between 71 and 72; local art and design diagonal 77 between 5 and 6; mechanical workshop of 70 between 21 and 22; pizzeria of 12 and 71; soccer fields 5 of 27 and 66; maxikiosk of 9 and 57; and kiosk/store at Diagonal 74 between 62 and 63.
It should be remembered that the theft of energy, in its different methodologies, generates excesses of unrecorded consumption that overload the lines, damage them and cause a decrease in the quality of service received by neighboring users who are correctly connected, generating voltage problems or interruptions.
In addition, it will collect the energy consumed illegally from the users involved, including the corresponding penalties as established in the Supply and Connection Regulations. The distributor will criminally denounce the users who were detected with these clandestine connections and also those who offer the service of illegal connections and different maneuvers to manipulate electrical installations.
Stealing energy is a crime punishable by imprisonment of up to six years, which also puts the lives of those who manipulate the networks and third parties at risk, also damaging the quality of the electrical service.. Therefore, to report the offer of this type of maneuver or a case of energy theft, users can call 0800-222-3335 anonymously and free of charge 24 hours a day.
To regularize their situation, users can call 0810-222-3335 from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., or request a service shift at the “EDELAP Te Llama” service by entering the “my shifts” option in the Virtual Office .
