Storm That Ravaged Lithuania Classified as an Accident, Clearing ESO to Pay Compensation
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- Lithuania’s energy regulator classified the August 22 storm and its electricity disruptions as an accident.
- The decision allows energy distribution operator ESO to pay compensation to customers affected by the storm-related outages.
Lithuania’s energy regulator has classified the storm that disrupted electricity supplies across the country on August 22 as an accident.
The State Energy Regulatory Council approved the designation during an extraordinary meeting on Thursday. The decision clears Energijos skirstymo operatorius, known as ESO, to pay compensation to consumers affected by power outages caused by the storm.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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