President of the Assembly of the Association of Heating Plants of Serbia Ivana Kalanja said for RTS that they are heating plants, despite high temperatures, under the obligation to follow the forecasts and that from April 15 to May 3, when the average daily temperatures fall below 12 degrees, they must deliver thermal energy.
On the last day of the heating season radiators will remain cold, because according to the forecast of the Republic Hydrometeorological Institute, the highest daily temperatures will range from 28 to 32 degrees.
It will be sunny in Belgrade today, and the highest daily temperature is forecast at 31 degrees. It will be the warmest April 14 in the capital since 1887, when temperature measurements began.
Very hot weather is also expected on Monday, when it will also be record hot.
A new cold
According to the RHMZ forecast, a gradual change in weather is expected on Tuesday. It will be mostly sunny before noon, in the second part of the day it will be cloudy in places with rain and local showers with thunder.
From Wednesday, April 17, it will be significantly colder with frequent occurrence of rain and local showers, which will be accompanied by thunder in some places in the east and southeast. Snow will fall on the mountains of southwestern and southern Serbia.
There were no problems with the heating
Speaking about the heating season, which officially ends tomorrow, Kalanja said that there were no problems with heating, that the heating plants were well prepared, and that they are being modernized more and more every year.
"I have to mention that in January, as mild as it seemed to us, in Belgrade, for example, there were nine nights of heating, so the heating is fine compared to the external conditions," said Ivana Kalanja.
Now the accounts are settled
When it comes to requests for price increases, Kalanja pointed out that some local governments have approved higher prices, but most have not.
"Now at the end of the heating season, accounts are settled. It will be calculated how much energy and electricity was consumed. The methodology says that, if more has been charged, the price is reduced for the next heating season and vice versa, so that by the beginning of the heating season we will have an exact cut in all cities," said Kalanja.
She pointed out that according to the law, they are obliged to switch to billing according to consumption and that all newly built buildings enter into such billing, and that older buildings are gradually switched to that billing system.
Kalanja stated that heating in 15 cities is charged according to consumption, while in other cities heating is charged in both ways.
She added that there is constant work to ensure that the heating plants switch to cleaner energy sources and that 80 percent of the heating plants now use natural gas, while the rest of the heating plants still use fuel oil and coal.
