Who bears the cost of repairing or replacing an electricity meter used for billing purposes if it is damaged or its connection scheme is tampered with due to the fault of the consumer, including a household consumer?

Pursuant to paragraph 7.6 of the “Rules for the Use of Electricity”, where an electricity meter used for billing purposes is damaged or its connection scheme is tampered with due to the fault of the consumer, including a household consumer, the costs of its repair, replacement and state verification shall be borne by the consumer.

Any laboratory examination of damage to an electricity meter used for billing purposes shall be conducted by the electricity supply company in the presence of the consumer, including a household consumer, and shall be documented by a bilateral report. If the consumer, including a household consumer, refuses to participate in the examination or to sign the report, an appropriate note to that effect shall be made in the report, and the violation shall be recorded by technical means (through photographic or video recording).

Where an electricity meter used for billing purposes has been damaged or lost due to the fault of the consumer, including a household consumer, the electricity supply company shall be entitled to require the consumer to provide a new, serviceable electricity meter as a replacement or to reimburse its cost.