The problems related to the activity of Termocom SA and to the supply of heat and hot water get worse every heating season. The vicious circle formed affects mostly the consumers, Roman Mihaies, chairman of the League for the Defence of Consumers Rights (LADC), said. The heat distribution networks and mains as well as the pumping stations have been taken over by Termocom SA from the state-owned company Moldenergo in May 1995. In such a way, there was created an economic entity intermediating between the combined heat and power plants (CHPs) and the consumers. If the CHPs sold thermal energy directly, without intermediaries, the price for consumers would be much more advantageous, the LADC chairman told Info-Prim Neo. According to the sited source, since 2001, when Dionisie Antocel was named administrator, until present the company has been on the verge of bankruptcy. The debts to the main creditors have increased meanwhile. LADC considers that the most efficient solution is to liquidate the company Termocom SA, which, according to Mihaes, is an insolvent one and acts as an intermediary between the heat producers and consumers. The uncertain status of Termocom SA, which was founded by the Chisinau Municipal Council but is managed by an administrator named by the court, must be clarified, Roman Mihaes said. Mihaes also said that the assets of Termocom SA could be taken over by the CHPs instead of the debts, while the other creditors could be compensated under agreements. The heat and hot water could be supplied by subdivisions created under the CHPs. The price of the heat supplied by CET-1 is 322.92 lei, while by CET-2 – 241.11 lei. The tariff for the Chisinau consumers is 233 lei. Termocom SA demands that the charge be increased to 715 lei.