I HAVE been hearing about GPL’s problem with persons stealing electricity which is causing the company a lot of losses, financially. I am also aware that the GPL meters for many persons were checked by technicians from the power company and, when found guilty of stealing electricity, were made to either pay large sums of monies before they were reconnected or, in some instances, were locked up which, as far as I am concerned, are reasonable recourses.

In light of the above, I am totally baffled that my upstairs neighbours have been stealing electricity for quite some time now, seemingly without any repercussions. The top flat has no meter and there is one line to my home from the post and another line to upstairs, even though there is no meter. I have reported this matter to GPL several times. Sometimes the crew comes and disconnects their electricity and then they come back and reconnect them. As far as I am aware, none of the individuals have ever been charged, but somehow gets their electricity reconnected.
The last thing I did to try to get this matter rectified was to report it to the CEO of GPL, who gave me full assurance that he would look into the matter…that was approximately (four) weeks ago, but the home of these individuals continues to receive a constant flow of electricity and they seemingly have suffered no repercussions for their action.
I would be grateful if the relevant authorities could look into having this matter resolved.

RESIDENT OF NEWTOWN, KITTY
(Name withheld)