Have you received a power outage notice for non-payment? Sample warning

In the era of digital technology, when humanity has automated most processes, dependence on electricity, willy-nilly, has become very noticeable.

At the same time, the uninterrupted availability of electrical energy is very important both for enterprises and organizations, regardless of their form of ownership, and for ordinary citizens. After all, preparing food, washing clothes or getting home without electricity and, accordingly, without a stove, washing machine or elevator is not so easy for a modern person, and if we talk about people with special needs, then it is completely impossible.

If you have become a victim of illegal power switching off or simply want to find out as much as possible about why, other than non-payment, your electricity may be switched off, you can always contact our specialists. Our consultants work online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, which means that you can get answers to your questions around the clock, and you won’t need to go anywhere for legal help!

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Contact our specialists, and they will be happy to tell you for what reasons you can legally turn off the supply of electrical energy, where you can familiarize yourself with a sample warning form about a power outage, a power outage act or a notification form about an upcoming power outage.

Notification when resources are disabled

Notification when resources are disabled

Notice of power outage for non-payment - when is it sent?

The energy sales company must provide information about power outages in advance. If you have not paid your electricity bills and you have accumulated arrears for a period of two months, you will be sent a warning about a power outage.

Typically, company employees convey information to the consumer by registered letter about power outages. After receiving it, you have a period of 20 calendar days to eliminate your debt. It should be noted that during these 20 days the electricity supplier has the right to partially limit the supply of energy to the apartment .

If you have not submitted an application for installment payment to the supplier company within the past period, you will be sent a secondary warning about the imminent cessation of electricity supply to the apartment due to non-payment of taxes.

The second warning to turn off the light is intended to notify that it will be turned off in the apartment in 3 days.

Until the payer pays off the accumulated debt or submits an application for payment by installments, the meter will be sealed.

We talk about how power should be turned off for debt and what to do in such a situation in a separate article.

Responsibility for unauthorized connection

Representatives of the energy supply company must conduct annual inspections of apartments to check metering devices in accordance with the contract. In addition, the law establishes the right to perform an extraordinary meter inspection.

If the inspector detects an unauthorized connection, he formalizes the violation in the form of an act. The document is written in free form and submitted to the district police department or district police officer to draw up a protocol on the offense.

The document must be sent to the magistrate's court. As a result of the consideration, the judge will issue a decision to impose a fine on the citizen who has not paid the debt for electricity.

The form of the resolution form is drawn up using the example of a general resolution of the judicial district.

The amount of the fine for unauthorized connection is set at the discretion of the judge. It amounts to:

• for individuals – 1.5 – 2 thousand rubles;
• for legal entities – 30 – 40 thousand rubles.

Document structure

There is no clearly regulated structure for notification of a power outage in an apartment. However, the sample power outage document must include the following points:

1. last name, first name and patronymic of the consumer, as well as the address at which the power supply mode should be limited.
2. Reasons and grounds for temporarily stopping the supply of electricity to the apartment.
3. Evidence of non-payment of taxes, meter readings.
4. Terms of electricity limitation, information about the limitation, its level (partial shutdown or complete).
5. The exact amount of debt.
6. Date and signature of the representative of the electricity supply company, details.

The sample warning about turning off electricity for non-payment must be in triplicate, and all three must bear the seals of the supplier organization, the signatures of the supplier and the consumer.

Sample notice of power outage for non-payment

A sample power outage announcement looks something like this.

To whom:

Full name of the payer,

destination address

NOTICE No. XXXX dated XX.XX.20XX.

Company Name LLC brings to you the following information.

Electricity supply agreement No. XXXXX dated XX.XX.20XX, concluded between you and our organization, sets the deadline for the consumer to fulfill obligations to pay for consumed electricity until the XX day of the month in which the payment document is issued.

You have not paid bills totaling RUB XXXXXXX.

Due to improper fulfillment of the obligation to pay for consumed goods, we warn you that XX.XX.20XX. at X hours XX minutes there will be a partial restriction of electricity supply to the power supply facility.

You must be present when the power supply limitation procedure is carried out.

Before the specified period, Vali must take measures to repay the resulting debt; a message about the payment made must be sent to the address: (address or e-mail or fax) indicating the amount, date of transfer of funds and the number of the payment document.

Director of JSC "Organization Name"

_______(full name of director)_________ _(Signature)_ /_(Decoding)_

Accepted _____(recipient's full name) __________ _______(Date of receipt)____

Sample notice of power outage in SNT:

What to pay attention to when drawing up an act on unaccounted consumption

As judicial practice shows, a consumer can challenge an act on unaccounted consumption of a resource if there were violations in its preparation or if not all the information required by law was included.

Therefore, management organizations, when checking the status of metering devices, must remember the main blocks of information included in the act on unmetered consumption. This is the data:

• about the inspection (who checked, where, when, in whose presence);
• about the metering device (type and number, date of sealing, date of verification, date of last inspection, location of installation, numbers of control seals, etc.);
• about established unauthorized interference in the work of the information control system (how it was discovered, how the interference was carried out, the offender’s explanations for this fact);
• about the reasons for the consumer’s refusal to participate in the inspection (reasons for absence);
• about two witnesses who are involved if the consumer refuses to attend the inspection or sign the document drawn up;
• about all persons who participated in the inspection and their signatures, including the signatures of two witnesses (if any).

Remember: one blank or incorrectly filled field may give the court reason to declare the act of unaccounted consumption invalid, and the demands of the CG executor to pay additional charges as illegal.

Cases when warning is not required

Notice of power outage is a document that must be sent to the payer without fail. Violation of the deadline for sending a document, its incorrect preparation, or a power outage without any notification may entail consequences for the company responsible for supplying electricity to the apartment.

Power outages without warning occur in the following cases:

• the threat of an accident near residential buildings or power supply networks;
• occurrence of natural hazards: storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc., during which electricity transmission channels may be damaged;
• establishing the fact that the consumer consumed the provided electricity illegally;
• identifying the operation of devices that exceed the established standards for the use of electricity and do not comply with the technical characteristics of the installed equipment;
• if a power outage in the apartment occurs at the request of the tenant.

Is it legal to turn off the lights if the owner of the house does not want to sign the document?

In a situation where the owner of the apartment does not agree with the implementation of an event to turn off the electricity, he must write about this in the act itself. Similar marks are placed on each of the three copies.

The procedure for notifying and disconnecting the consumer from the supply of electricity in case of non-payment

Then you need to prove the validity of your position. However, the owner of an apartment or house often does not have legal arguments of innocence, so the procedure will be carried out according to the established deadlines.

To point out a management error, you will need to find all paid receipts for electricity. If the issue cannot be resolved peacefully, then it is necessary to go to court.

You can also slow down the procedure by proving that the owner of the apartment was not personally given a notice against signature. If the company gives the warning verbally or by telephone, then they do not have the authority to turn off the power.

Even when the owner turns out to be right, but there is still no light, you cannot connect to the power grid yourself. These are illegal actions that will result in punishment.

If the Criminal Code restricts the supply of a resource without the consent of the owner or by mistake, then the tenant may then demand compensation for moral damage. But you will need proof:

1. Witnesses who will confirm that the family was forced to consume spoiled food.
2. Photos or eyewitnesses that indicate that children had to heat food over a fire or buy it in a canteen.
3. Certificates from a doctor indicating a change in health. Records of high blood pressure or nervous disorder are suitable.

Each side will defend its own case, and therefore documents will definitely be needed.

Application for disconnection

Direct power outage without notification applies to those cases when the power supply is turned off at the will of the consumer. Then the payer himself draws up an application for disconnection and sends it to the supplier.

The sample application for power outage usually includes:

1. full name of the application originator;
2. the address at which the power supply will be suspended;
3. name of the electricity supplier organization and its official representative;
4. for what period is the shutdown performed;
5. level of introduced shutdown;
6. why this decision was made;
7. date, signature.

Remember that interrupting the supply of electricity unilaterally is impossible.

It is necessary to convey your application to the authorities of your management company by contacting the company office directly.

On our website you have the opportunity to learn about what to do if the power is constantly cut off, what fines are imposed for unauthorized connection to the power grid, as well as what is and how a disconnection act is drawn up.

What should I do to get the light back?

What should I do to get the light turned on again? The easiest and most effective way is to pay your outstanding electricity bills.

The power supply will be restored within 2 days from the date of payment.

It is possible that the management company will require payment for a reverse connection ; the cost will be clarified by an employee of the electricity supply company. After paying for all services, electricity will return to the house again.

sample application to the management company from the owner of the residential premises.

Other cases of power outage

From the above we can conclude that, in accordance with the resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation, power outages can be carried out in several cases:

• by mutual agreement of the two parties, supplier and consumer, to turn off the energy;
• due to violation by the consumer of his obligations regarding the use of electricity and the payment procedure for it;
• in emergency situations;
• for pre-planned repairs.

We talked about how to find out why there is no light in a separate article.

Moreover, in almost all these cases, notification of residents about the suspension of power supply is mandatory. However, there are cases when the management company cuts off electricity without any notification to the consumer and, moreover, without his consent.

Such cases are illegal, and the consumer has the right to appeal such actions to the relevant prosecutorial authorities.

How courts resolve disputes about unaccounted resource consumption

A consumer in respect of whom an act on unaccounted consumption has been drawn up has the right to challenge the document and additional charges in court. Let's consider several cases from judicial practice on the issue of challenging the act of unaccounted resource consumption.

The decision in favor of the consumer was made by the Tambov District Court, having considered the claim of the contractor against the owner of the premises. The act on unaccounted consumption of the resource did not contain information about the method of unaccounted consumption, the method of identifying the violation, or the explanations of the violator. In addition, the act does not fill in the column about the location of installation of meters. Therefore, the court considered the consumer’s guilt unproven and refused to satisfy the claim by the contractor.

The same decision was made by the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Buryatia, considering the dispute between the consumer and the contractor about the fact of unaccounted consumption of the resource. The court noted that the act on unaccounted consumption was drawn up with significant violations: the consumer was not present when filling out the document, and the act did not reflect the reason for its refusal. The court did not find the consumer’s guilt proven.

The Vologda Regional Court ruled in favor of the contractor, since the act on unaccounted consumption complied with the requirements of the law. The court noted that the document was drawn up immediately after checking the meter, it indicated the method and place of unmetered electricity consumption.

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