The Vitebsk Regional Control Committee demands stricter issuance of readiness certificates for housing and communal services facilities for the heating season

The Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control demands stricter issuance of readiness certificates for housing and communal services facilities for the heating season. This was announced today at an expanded meeting of the regional control department by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Committee of State Control, Vasily Maksimov, as reported by a BELTA correspondent.

During the inspection of the implementation of energy saving programs, as well as the readiness of the region's housing and communal services enterprises for operation in the autumn-winter period, the committee identified instances of fuel and energy consumption exceeding limits, consumption of fuel and energy resources without developed and approved consumption rates, and significant water and heat losses, which leads to increased costs for service production. For example, on average across the region, the actual level of heat losses in networks for 2012 was 18.7%, while the maximum permissible level set by the Council of Ministers was no more than 17%. Out of 28 housing and communal services organizations in the region, only ten met the standard.

According to the specialists of the Committee of State Control, one of the reasons for the high level of losses is the poor quality preparation of the housing stock, heating networks, and heat sources for operation in the autumn-winter period. At the same time, all inspected organizations had readiness certificates for facilities and heat sources. In the opinion of Vasily Maksimov, the supervision system, which should be carried out by inspectors of the "Energonadzor" branch of RUP "Vitebskenergo," is not working in this case. "Inspectors sign readiness certificates without proper inspection and abet the negligence of housing and communal services specialists, while miscalculations fall on the pockets of citizens," he stated. Disciplinary measures will be taken against the "Energonadzor" inspectors for each instance of improperly prepared heat sources identified by the Committee of State Control. The Regional Committee of State Control demanded that the "Energonadzor" branch strengthen its work with inspector personnel.

As explained by Yuri Dyadelo, Head of the Housing and Communal Services Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, the commission for accepting heat sources for the heating season is created at the level of housing and communal services enterprises. The readiness passports for the facilities are prepared by this commission and registered with the "Energonadzor" branch. According to "Energonadzor", last year, during the preparation for the heating season, inspectors checked more than 1.4 thousand facilities and identified 325 violations.