Electric and thermal energy suppliers will be prepared to start heating season on October 15

Electric and thermal supply enterprises are 92% ready for the cold season. According to the schedule approved by the Government, by October 15, all reparation and prophylaxis works will be finished. This announcement was made by the minister of Industry and Infrastructure, Vladimir Antosii at the governmental Commission for straightening out situation in the energetic sector. According to the director of the Agency for material reserves, public acquisitions and humanitarian aids, Ion Turcanu, in order make the institutions of the budgetary system work normally in the cold season, actions were already made and the necessary amount of coil was contracted. About 9 thousand tonnes of coil are deposited in tocks. This volume is sufficient to ensure the activity of these enterprises during two months. Economic agents who will not honor their contract obligations will pay penalties amounting to 15% of the value of contracted carburant, Turcan said. The minister of Finance, Mihai Pop specified that in the last year in the state budget were include MDL 1.4 bln for the thermo-energetic sector, and only MDL 723 mln or 51.7% were used, and all the payment solicitations were honored by the MF according to the settled period of time. According to director general of the Agency for constructions and regional development, Igor Seminovcher, compared with the last year, at present more preparation works of the living fund for the cold season were performed. The repair and prophylaxis works of the internal engineer works are performed in about 87% of the apartment blocks, however the situation is a little more difficult in Cantemir, Falesti, Straseni, Briceni, Soldanesti, Taraclia raions. PM Vasile Tarlev emphasized the necessity of fully and unconditionally providing with thermal energy all social destination institutions and living fund were centralized heating system exists. An ample report in this respect will be presented at the next meeting of the Commission.