Russia (bbabo.net), - Rosseti North Caucasus pays special attention to suppressing the facts of illegal use of electricity by mining farms, since the North Caucasus Federal District is among the leaders in the country in terms of the number of energy miners and theft of energy resources for cryptocurrency mining.
In 2021, the energy company in the area of its operations identified 35 cases of unaccounted for consumption of energy resources by "black" miners. The volume of unaccounted consumption discovered in 2021 is more than 48 million kilowatt-hours. The amount of damage for the year exceeded 171 million rubles. In total, for the period 2019-2021, power engineers identified 61 mining farms that illegally spent electricity for 400 million rubles.
The region - the leader in the number of unauthorized connections to the power grid to receive cryptocurrency is Dagestan. In 2019-2021, 43 cases of energy theft worth 188.4 million rubles were recorded in the republic. In second place in the "anti-rating" is Ingushetia. Over the past three years, 11 facts of electricity theft by mining farms worth more than 150 million rubles have been discovered in the republic.
Payment for consumed electricity is one of the main costs in the production of digital assets, which is why some miners, trying to avoid costs, resort to theft of energy resources. As a result of this dubious and illegal economy, the amount of compensation for damage is ten times higher than the payment according to the readings of the meter. The amount of the refund is calculated based on the maximum possible consumption of the connected equipment around the clock since the last check. The bill is in addition to the fine stipulated by the current legislation.
The actions of electricity thieves bring a strategically important sector into a zone of increased risk. Firstly, the energy company loses funds for maintenance, technical re-equipment and modernization of equipment. Secondly, the theft of electricity in such volumes causes the maximum allowable load on power facilities to be exceeded. This is one of the main causes of technological disruptions. Another consequence of illegal actions is low voltage in the network. Unaccounted for consumption directly affects the quality and reliability of electricity supply to residents.
Rosseti North Caucasus is actively working to suppress and prevent illegal consumption of electricity by mining farms. The measures imply a whole range of measures aimed both at preventing theft of energy resources among consumers and at identifying the corruption component within the company.
For each case of theft, the working groups of the enterprise draw up acts on the non-contractual and unmetered consumption of electricity. Energy miners are required to pay a fine and a bill that significantly exceeds the cost of electricity consumed legally. In addition, relevant applications are sent to law enforcement agencies for further action within the framework of current legislation. Most of the cases were prosecuted.
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