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| PA Begins To Pay Back 1b In Electric Bills Owed To Israel |
| 2013-12-29 |
| [Ynet] Paleostinian Authority debt owed for power supplied to West Bank and east Jerusalem reaches NIS 1B. PA begins to cover funds, but Ministers of Finance and Energy concerned sum will rise. Electric company to end year with heavy debt The Paleostinian Authority has begun to pay back the money it owes the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), Calcalist has learned. The debt, accumulated by West Bank and east Jerusalem residents stands at NIS 1.1 billion, the Electric Corporation claims. According to Calcalist, the Ministries of Finance and Energy have expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... that the debt will continue to rise, reaching NIS 1.3 billion by the end of the year, thus posing a heavy financial burden for the Electric Corporation. According to an examination conducted by Calcalist, the PA's debt stands at NIS 1.167 billion, with approximately NIS 410 million attributed to residents of the West Bank and the remainder to Electric Corporation in East Jerusalem. IEC admits that the Paleostinian Authority has began to pay its debt in small doses, but unfortunately will still end the year with a debt of more than NIS 1 billion, and it is yet to be unclear how they will cover this sum. It is to be noted that IEC cannot cut off PA's residents' power without first receiving full political backing, no easy task at a time in which US Secretary of State John F. Kerry is pushing Israel and the PA to reach a political settlement. IEC said in response that "the PA has not paid the full amount of their debt to the Electric Corporation and their monthly payments cover only a small portion of what they owe. The company is working to collect the entire debt. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #8 4300 is a typo, $300 is right. |
| Posted by: Redneck JIm 2013-12-29 19:00 |
| #7 I should say, Partly Blind, got a nice subsidized apartment, she's fine, maybe she misses me, I don't know or care, she made her bed, now lie in it, Bitter>? a little. |
| Posted by: Redneck JIm 2013-12-29 18:58 |
| #6 Well, she hurt herself leaving me, I paid the rent and the power, so all in all, I'm ahead, she's blind as well, so neither of us was healthy, I'm setting a small house on inherited land, (My grandmothers land 10 acres,, Inherited through my mother So I'm set, I get a pension and a work-related pension of about $1350.00 per month, so I'm set right now I live in my mothers house, It's an older 4 bedroom 2 bath home, I live in one bedroom) it's complicated. (Costs me about 4300.00 to live here, car's paid for and i'm a master mechanic, so all is well)I commute daily about 15 miles so gsas is a big expense. Jim |
| Posted by: Redneck JIm 2013-12-29 18:53 |
| #5 Post them in the O Club, Redneck Jim. I'm sorry about your wife, but better to learn about her now than later. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-12-29 17:36 |
| #4 Yeah, pictures would be nice. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-29 17:28 |
| #3 Alabama is kinda backward, they don't have a rebate system, you have to sell back power at wholesale, piss poor return, (Unless you've got a HUGE solar array)In short, it's more economical to use the power myself. So, I won't get rich off the power company, but they'll get rich off me, so I'll use the power myself. (For now). Maybe in the future I'll build that HUGE array? On a personal note, I'm divorced, and 66 (She left me) and not that healthy, I'm physicly fit, but partly blind (in my right eye,) so work is slow, I'm waiting right now on weather, (It's Raining Here) When the rain lets up, I'll build a solar collector rack, that's waiting right now and wire the rack to the batteries (Got AGM's) and then I'll have power, at the moment I don't (Well technically I do, I'm using an inverter off the car battery,but it's not permanent) Then I can make progress, Maybe I'll post pictures as I go. Jim |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-29 15:26 |
| #2 How's that working James? Does Alabama have a feed in tariff? I'm not much for subsidizing other peoples power hobbies, but for you I will make an exception. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-12-28 11:31 |
| #1 US Secretary of State John Kerry is pushing Israel and the PA to reach a political settlement. If I owe the power company, they collect ALL the bill, plus fees, and shut me off until paid. Solar is the way to go, then they owe ME. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-28 09:44 |