Recently, a number of devious individuals and groups have
contacted business organizations and factories offering to modify or change
the electricity meter to save electricity costs, and a number of
unscrupulous people have agreed.
The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) warns that
adapting or changing the meter will not reduce the electricity fee but
rather increase it in the long run, as on top of paying for the
modifications, the organizations will also eventually have to pay a fine and
the fee depending on an estimated actual usage of electricity. People are
warned not to allow these perverse persons to defraud the authority as they
will become accomplices in an illegal act, in fact larceny.
They will be charged as criminals and will receive no
further electricity supply. The Authority advises that if individuals or
companies are approached by anyone claiming to be an officer of the
Authority, even to read their meter, they should verify the certification
documents issued by the Provincial Electricity Authority as such scoundrels
could be “casing the joint” and may try to extort illegal payment for
usage.
