Electricity

[Unregistered]

Phase 1 of our urbanisation has been completed and have full habitation certificates and all services. Phase 2 should have been completed in 2006 but the developer has not fulfilled his obligations...and no habitation certificates have been issued. Because of this we have been on generated electric for all this time. The developer has now said that he has run out of money and wants the community to pay for the deisel. We have had meetings with him, his lawyers and the Mayor and he is adament that he will not pay. He has promised to complete the roads within 4-6 months so that habitation certificates can be supplied, but nothing in writing. Now as a community we have been given by the President a contract to sign in order that they can buy deisel for the community until such time as main services are connected. The contract is ambiguous as it does not detail how much we will have to pay each month...meters are being installed so that consumption can be measured but there are other costs to consider eg breakdown of the generators, servicing, reading of meters but the contract does not say how much this will cost. I was under the impression that it was law in Spain that until the developement was completed the developer was responsible for providing electric...his lawyers disagree. I am worried that this contract is totally illegal and we do not feel we can sign until we are sure that this is the right way to go. Please can you advise....many thanks.

[Lawbird Lawyer]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I refer you to the following forum threads which deal with related queries on the same topic:

Water supply

Builder's supply.