469 cases of administrative violations were reviewed at the Ministry of Energy in the 6 months of current year

During the first half of 2019, 469 cases of administrative violations were reviewed at the Ministry of Energy. 435 of them were connected to natural gas and 34 to electricity. Articles submitted on 121 cases related to natural gas, which are not properly compiled, have been sent back.

As a result of inspections carried out by the Ministry in Beylagan, Shamkir, Gadabay, Guba, Kurdamir, Salyan, Neftchala, Jalilabad, and other regions, due to spoilage of natural gas on the relevant articles of the Code of the Azerbaijan Republic on Administrative Violations it was decided to impose administrative penalty on 128 cases for minor damage, and 19 for administrative violation of the rules of natural gas use. A decision was made to terminate administrative proceedings on 167 cases.

According to the inspections carried out in Mingachevir, Imishli, Shabran, Lankaran, Gabala, Agdash, Ujar, Gazakh and other regions during the first half of the year, as a result of spoilage of natural gas it was decided to impose administrative penalty on 17 cases for minor damage, and 12 for administrative violation of the rules of natural gas use. In addition, it was decided to impose administrative penalty on 2 cases for distortion or delay in submission of accounting and reporting on electricity generation, transmission and consumption, and 3 for illegal interruption of electric power lines or termination of electricity supply without the written notification in cases where the legislation requires to send written notification to the consumer.

It was decided to place all decisions in the "ASAN Payment" system.