ZETDC threatens Raylton

Raylton Sports Club to force it to pay a disputed amount, which the power concern has refused to justify.
ZETDC is demanding US$10 983 00 in unpaid bills from Raylton. Its charges are based on units.
The dispute between the parties has spilled into the High Court with ZETDC seeking to recover its money while Raylton is seeking an interdict to stop the former from disconnecting it until a case pending in the same court is determined.
High Court judge Justice Bharat Patel is today expected to hear the Raylton case filed under a certificate of urgency.
Mr Godfrey Mamvura of Scanlen and Holderness is acting for Raylton. According to Raylton, during the period stretching from March 2009 to December 2010, ZETDC workers were not carrying out meter readings at the sports club. Neither was the power firm sending statements on a regular basis.
However, despite this, Raylton made payments to ZETDC in line with the power firm’s advice to consumers.
At the beginning of December 2010, ZETDC demanded payment of US$10 983. Raylton manager, Mr Francis Ruzive, asked for the break down of the units billed, which justify the amount demanded.
“The respondent supplied me with a bill which does not show the units billed in respect of many months. The statement does not show the units billed for the months of March 2010 to December 2010,”said Mr Ruzive
He said he demanded a statement, which showed the units, billed to as opposed to figures which ZETDC “plucked from the air”.
Instead of supplying this, Mr Ruzive said ZETDC issued summons, demanding payment.
According to the summons issued at the High Court last December, ZETDC said it had a contractual obligation to provide Raylton with electricity and the club had to pay for the power supplied on a monthly basis.
“Defendant is in breach of the said agreement in that it has not been paying for electricity charges accrued in terms of bills forwarded to it by plaintiff.
“The defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of ten thousand nine hundred and eighty-three dollars (US$10 983, 00),” read the summons.
However, the sports club is refusing to pay arguing that it has received figures the ZETDC plucked from the air, which do not correspond to any units billed for which the charges have been raised.