NON-PAYMENTS OF THE CONSUMERS CAN CAUSE AN ENERGY CRISIS








MOSCOW, March 5.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  Non-payments of the
consumers who, at last 11 February, have depasse 4,725 billion
roubles, do not allow has the regional company " Khabarovskenergo " of
regler its accounts with the fuel oil and coal providers and can cause
an energy crisis, learned Monday RIA " Novosti " aupres from the "
energy Systems unify of Russia " (SEU).

" the bad discipline of payment of the consumers will empechera "
Khabarovskenergo " to standardize the fuel deliveries in March-April
2001 ", according to SEU'S.