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The Attorney General of Santa Catarina (MP-SC) announced Friday (25) that he had sent a request for information to Centrais Elétricas de Santa Catarina (Celesc). The prosecution wants to understand why consumers are complaining about the alleged excessive increase in energy bills that they received in January
. The MP-SC claims to have received several demonstrations from people claiming to have been accused of abuse. . According to prosecutors, electricity bills were billed up to three times the amount billed monthly.
In an attempt to resolve the stalemate, the prosecution scheduled a meeting with representatives of the state, Procon, and the Secretariat for Consumer Protection. Florianópolis. The meeting is scheduled for Monday (28).
Celesc says consumption has increased
In recent weeks, Celesc has published two notes in which it points out that there has been no readjustment of the electricity tariff. According to the company, it has been an increase in user consumption.
Celesc claims that this increase is due, among other things, to the more intense use of air conditioners and refrigerators, because of the heat waves that reached Santa Catarina between late December and the previous month. January.
"This increase is also confirmed by Celesc's strong demand for energy in recent weeks, and since December, the record has been broken three times in three consecutive days – January 15 (4,875 MW), 16 January (4,989.82 MW) and January 17 (5,030 MW), the last record recorded on December 12: 4,826 MW ", says the release of the last note of the company, published on January 23.
Still according to Celesc, there are also no traces of errors in the measurement of energy consumption.
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