On Friday, "Toplofikatsiya – Sofia" published the invoices for the equalization accounts for used heat energy for the past heating season. On the same day, the civic platform Izprav se.BG announced that they are filing the first complaints against the equalization accounts, since in their words the formula for calculating building installation is invalid and "therefore, both the equalization accounts and the invoices issued on their basis are ILLEGAL".
In her position, the leader of Izprav se.BG - Maya Manolova. stated:
„Sofian residents will pay for illegally calculated amounts of heat energy from building installations. Because the building installation formula was canceled by a decision of the Supreme Administrative Court effective from February 25. The Minister of Energy did not comply with this decision and repeated the same formula canceled by the court. But the addition to the regulation, the methodology and the building installation formula itself are null and void (Art. 177, para. 2 of the APC)“
The civil platform states that they will file the first complaints against the monopolist's calculations and are ready to file lawsuits against the charged „building installation“ for the months of March, April and the end of February, since the Supreme Administrative Court canceled the building installation formula.
We recall that in February the Supreme Administrative Court finally canceled the method for calculating the building installation formula. Instead of changing the formula to a fairer one, the Minister of Energy repeated the formula that was annulled by the court. As a result, in the new appeal, the Supreme Administrative Court, with a ruling of July 11, suspended the implementation of the paragraph providing for the calculation of the building installation.
All consumers of district heating companies can file objections to their calculated equalization bills until August 31.