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February
2016

Price regulation as a means of protecting competition

Regulation of prices – is the norm in today’s global economy. Most countries regulate (establish) prices for fuel and energy resources, engineering and agricultural products.

Evgeniy Rodin, Partner, Head of "Industry and Resources"
Energy Market
13
January
2016

Unsanctioned tariff manipulation during electric energy transmission

In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of disputes involving dishonest behavior on the part of individual organizations providing services related to electricity transmission networks. The conflicts between the parties are usually the refusal to pay for services involving the supply of electricity to those points that had not been initially specified in the contract, and which were not included in the tariff setting process. New points of delivery are obtained by unscrupulous network organizations after the approval of individual tariffs, which result in financial losses to their counterparties and an imbalance in the economic interests of participants of the power distribution market. One such case became the subject of consideration by the Judicial Board on Economic Disputes of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

Energy Market
16
December
2015

Overview: the administrative responsibility for violation of the power consumption limitation mode

The problem of low payment discipline for energy is quite a big problem today, and so the legislators are trying to expand the list of methods to influence various groups of consumers, in order to improve payment discipline. These include administrative penalties, power consumption limitation modes, penalties, legal proceedings to recover debts, the provision of financial guarantees, and other methods. However, these mechanisms do not completely solve the problem, and meanwhile, the amount of accounts receivable for consumed energy keeps only increasing every year.

Evgeniy Rodin, Partner, Head of "Industry and Resources"
BigpowerNews
7
December
2015

Termination of the use of water does not always exempt one from having to pay fees for the maintenance of water supply facilities

Currently, two types of tariffs for cold water can be set by regulators – flat-rate and dual-rate. The difference between these rates is that the dual-rate tariff includes payment by consumers not only for the actual consumption, but also a fee for the maintenance of cold water supply facilities.

Energy Market
12
November
2015

Review of the government’s decision dated 29.10.2015 No. 1166 on “Competitive capacity selection for new power generation”

On 29 October, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1166 “On amendments to some acts of the Government related to the long-term competitive selection of power generating facilities, in order to avoid shortages of electric power and capacity”. The recently signed decree, coming into effect as of 13 November 2015, contains amendments to some acts of the Government related to the long-term competitive selection of power generating facilities, in order to avoid shortages of electric power and capacity.

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy projects group
BigpowerNews
9
November
2015

Overview of changes made to legislation in the energy sector in October 2015

In October, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted a number of important decisions, some of which, we will introduce you to in our new survey.

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy projects group
BigpowerNews
23
September
2015

Overview of the fourth antimonopoly package: key changes in the electrical energy sector

The draft Federal Law No. 602468-6 “On Amendments to the Federal Law – On Protection of Competition, other legislative acts of the Russian Federation and invalidating certain provisions of legislative acts of the Russian Federation” (hereinafter – the Draft Law, fourth antimonopoly package) was adopted on 16 September, during its second reading, by the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

BigpowerNews
12
February
2016

Review: Federal Law Project on decommissioning of generating capacity

The RF Ministry of Energy has developed a draft federal law “On Amendments to the Federal Law – On the Electric Power Industry” (the procedure for disconnecting power devices from the electrical network, and the procedure for decommissioning facilities used for the production of electrical energy)

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy projects group
BigpowerNews
13
January
2016

Own generation in the enterprise: legal aspects involving the production and sale of electric energy in the retail markets

The constantly growing prices for energy, as well as the relative inaccessibility to network infrastructure, distortions in the price regulation schemes for technological connections and for electric power transmission services, widespread violation when it comes to the quality of the provided services in the field of electricity and heat, uncertainty as to prices for oil and gas (and their byproducts) on the Russian domestic market (including, due to declining revenues from sales to foreign markets) have led to the steady growth of consumer interest in the development of own small (distributed) power generation.

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy projects group
Energy Market
9
December
2015

Overview of changes in energy legislation in November 2015

In November, the Government of the Russian Federation adopted a number of important regulations, some of which we will look at in our new review.

Сollective of authors, VEGAS LEX
BigpowerNews
24
November
2015

Reducing the size of the administrative penalty below the lower limit

Charging legal entities and individual entrepreneurs with administrative fines for various offences has acquired a mass character in recent years. A significant number of regulatory authorities (regional departments of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, tax authorities, customs control, Rospotrebnadzor, etc.), as well as the absence of qualified lawyers in organizations, which could prevent possible violations, has led to considerable financial losses for businesses, related to the payment of administrative fines.

National Business
11
November
2015

Review of the Federal Law dated 03.11.2015 No. 307-FZ “On the strengthening of payment discipline of energy consumers”

Federal Law No. 307-FZ “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation concerning the strengthening of payment discipline of energy resources" (hereinafter – “Law No. 307-FZ” and “Law”), signed on 03 November 2015 by the President of Russia, was published on 04 November 2015 on the Official Internet Portal of Legal Information.

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy projects group
BigpowerNews
19
October
2015

Review of government decree dated 09.10.2015 No. 1079 “On subsidies to eliminate cross-subsidizing in the electric power sector

On 13 October, on the official legal information web-portal, they published the government decree dated 09.10.2015 No. 1079 “On the granting in 2015 of subsidies from the federal budget to the budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation for the elimination of cross-subsidizing in the electric power sector within the framework of the subprogram – Development and Modernization of Electric Power of the state program of the Russia Federation – Energy Efficiency and Energy Development.

Yuriy Tatarinov, Head of Energy projects group
BigpowerNews
15
September
2015

Review of government decree dated 04 September 2015 No. 941 “On the powers of the FAS Russia in the sphere of natural monopolies”

In connection with the discontinuation of the Federal Tariff Service of Russia, and the transfer of its powers to the FAS, the government has approved the appropriate changes to their own legal acts. The relevant government decree No. 941 “On amendments to, and repeal of, certain acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, in connection with the abolition of the Federal Tariff Service and the approval of the Rules on the adoption by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of decisions on determining (establishing) prices (tariffs) and (or) their limit levels in the field of natural monopolies and other regulated entities”, was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 04 September 2015.

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