Magistrate slams Enemalta for 'abuse' of its monopoly

A magistrate has criticised Enemalta for abusing its dominant position to force clients to renounce their legal rights and issued an injunction preventing the corporation from suspending the power supply at a man’s home. Magistrate Paul Coppini, presiding over the Gozo Court, upheld Teddy Cefai’s application for an injunction after hearing how he was threatened with being cut off unless he paid €9,300. Mr Cefai filed an application on June 23, soon after he was called for a meeting at Enemalta’s Gozo offices before nine officials, including the corporation’s chairman, accusing him of electricity theft. He said he was told they had a strong suspicion that his electricity meter was under-registering consumption and calculated that he owed Enemalta €9,300. Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta. Read also here.