Angarsk miner was awarded to pay 4,5 million rubles for electricity – Bits Media

Angarsk resident took up underground mining, And when they discovered power and invited him to pay for electricity in industrial tariffs, He refused. Now he must 4,5 million rubles.

The press service of Irkutskenergo reports, that experts revealed growth energy consumption in one of the sites in Angarsk with 1 thousands of kW to 60 thousand kW per month. After the owner refuses voluntary energy payment for an increased tariff, Power engineers went to court. They examined the household and understood, so that the household equipment of the miner cannot consume such a volume of energy. And then inspectors found signs of mining devices, including the characteristic noise of the fans and high heat transfer.

In their lawsuit, energy emphasized, that electricity was not used by the owner of the site for communal needs, Therefore, it should be paid at a commercial tariff, which in 3-4 times higher than the tariff for the population. The court agreed with the arguments of Irkutskenergosbyt. Now the underground miner has to pay more 4,5 million rubles for the period since June 2021 March 2023 of the year.

In August, it was reported, that underground miners in the Irkutsk region stole electricity in the amount 350 million rubles.