AREM proposes to revise an agreement with AES

/IRBIS, September 27, 2010/ - Republic of Kazakhstan Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies (AREM) offered by the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan to review the contract with AES, and the Attorney General - to punish officials SCE "Family-water canal and a subsidiary of AES - LLP Shygysenergotrade - disruption of supply of Semipalatinsk. The statement was made by the head of AREM Mr. Nurlan Aldabergenov, reported IA "News of Kazakhstan." "For a number of subsidiaries of AES as a result of inspections were identified shortfall obligation to repair in excess of $ 400 million, but due to the fact that a party to the contract (with an American company) from the government supports the Ministry of Finance, we have put before them the question of revising contract ", - said Mr. Aldabergenov during the governmental hour in Parliament. The AES Corporation has entered the Kazakh market in 1996. AES enterprises to develop thermal and electrical energy resources in Kazakhstan have a total installed capacity of more than 6800 MW. Mr. N. Aldabergenov also told lawmakers that the agency sent to the Prosecutor General requesting punished for negligence of officers LLP Shygysenergotrade and SCE Family-water canal, through whose fault, believe in ARNM, from September 10 in Semipalatinsk suspended water. LLP Shygysenergotrade for debts in excess of KZT200 million on September 10 disconnected from the city water utility, resulting in thousands of consumers, including facilities for health and education, were left without water. In this connection had been cut classes in schools and kindergartens are closed. "We believe that it was negligence in the performance of official duties, so we sent a letter of appeal to the Prosecutor General on the implementation of measures already responsible to public officials for the mess that happened," - said the head of AREM. In his opinion, "Family-water canal" and "Shygysenergotrade" at the conclusion of the contract were required to provide "emergency reservation" to supply electricity. "That in case of dispute the debts of those companies that provide the city life have always been provided," - explained the essence of such a rule in the contract Mr. Aldabergenov. "And this work has been done, and we believe that it was negligence," - he added. At the same time, he said, ARNM sent a letter to the akimat of East Kazakhstan Region with a request to pay off debts to utility companies Semipalatinsk utilities. According to Mr. Aldabergenov, the debts of users before SCE "Family-water canal" of KZT370 million, of which only about KZT100 thousand have on people and entities, and KZT270 million to the utilities. [2010-09-27]