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| Electricity company cuts supply to the PA over NIS 1.8 billion debt |
| 2015-01-30 |
| [Ynet] Power to Paleostinians will be cut in half for two hours every day until a solution will be found for the PA's increasing debt, IEC head says. The Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) will limit the supply of power to the Paleostinian Authority starting Thursday over a debt of some NIS 1.8 billion. CEO Eli Glickman informed Israel's security chiefs of the move in a letter sent in early January and set the date for its implementation for the end of the month. The CEO explained that the PA's debts to the IEC had amounted to NIS 1,700,843,315 by December 31, 2014, which leaves the company with no choice but to cut the power supply to the Paleostinians by 50 percent for two hours every day - an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening. The letter was addressed to National Security Advisor Yossi Cohen, Shin Bet Chief Yoram Cohen, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Yoav Mordechai, Head of the Operations Directorate of the IDF Maj.-Gen. Yoav Har-Even, and Police Commissioner Maj.-Gen. Yohanan Danino, as well as relevant government ministries. The IEC move to cut power for a few hours every day is not a new one - the company sought to go ahead with such a move several times in the past but was stopped by the Prime Minister's Office, due to concern of international pressure on Israel not to hurt the population in the West Bank. The IEC noted that it continued providing electricity to the Gazoo Strip throughout Operation Protective Edge and even repaired infrastructure damaged from bombardments on both sides during the war. The IEC said in response: "The Israel Electric Corporation alerted the PA and other relevant government ministries of the Paleostinian Authority's debts, totaling NIS 1.8 billion, over a long period of time. So far, no solution has been found to pay off the debt. Therefore, out of the wish to avoid hurting the power supply for the civilian population in the West Bank as much as possible, on the one hand, and curbing the increasing debt as much as possible, on the other hand, it was decided to limit the power supply at this point, with the hope that a solution is found soon." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Forget two hours, pull the plug permanently and take land by eminent domain (at $2/acre)until the debt's paid. Push the squatters into Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, or Turkey. Stop being Mr. Nice Guy and get nasty! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2015-01-30 22:22 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-01-30 11:12 |
| #4 Ship, now that's diabolical!! I love it! Got any recommendations for settings? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-01-30 07:41 |
| #3 Be more fun to change the voltage randomly. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-30 06:11 |
| #2 These who enjoy the Light of Allan have no need of juice electricity! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-30 03:51 |
| #1 That is a heck of a tab run up --- equivalent to over $457 million US! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-01-30 00:58 |