Sonelgaz’s distribution arm in Béjaïa sounds the alarm over mounting financial woes, pinning hopes on modernization and the smash-hit BaridiMob app to restore balance. The public utility recently shared stark activity stats: unpaid customer bills now top 500 billion centimes, a crippling tally straining investment plans budgeted near 100 billion centimes yearly.
Sonelgaz Béjaïa stresses debt recovery as vital for long-term operations and funding upgrades, according to its press office. Serving over 400,000 clients, the firm frames bill payments not just as contractual duty but civic responsibility to keep electricity and gas flowing uninterrupted.
Timely energy fee settlements prove key to financial stability and infrastructure renewal, the statement adds. To ease collections, digital shifts lead the charge, with BaridiMob emerging as users’ go-to tool—recording 1,400 transactions by July 2025 and surging past 31,000 by April 2026, signaling demand for seamless, secure, no-travel options.
Alternatives persist via Algeria Poste counters, agency electronic terminals, and online portals, bolstered by support like payment plans for struggling households and tailored agency help. A broad database cleanup rolls out too, urging household clients to visit branches with ID to log their national ID numbers; 25,900 have complied so far, aiming to safeguard deals and sharpen subscriber outreach.
Sonelgaz caps with a civics plea, vowing service improvements while pressing all clients for prompt payments—a straightforward act fueling Béjaïa’s economic and social progress.