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The workshop on bona fide competition in the power generation industry, jointly organized by the VEGAS LEX law firm, the Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) and its Moscow Region Department, took place on December 4, 2014 at the MGIMO University Economic and Anti-monopoly Regulation Department. It was specifically arranged for the staff of one of Russia’s biggest distribution grid companies, Moesk*.

The experts who spoke at the event included:

• Igor Zolotaryov, head of the Moscow Region Department of the Federal Anti-monopoly Service, assistant professor, deputy director of the MGIMO University Economic and Anti-monopoly Regulation Department;
• Konstantin Alyoshin, deputy head of the FAS Anti-cartel Department, Doctor of Law, professor at the  MGIMO University Economic and Anti-monopoly Regulation Department;
• Maxim Ovchinnikov, head of the FAS Department for Industry and Defense Production, Doctor of Economics, professor at the MGIMO University Economic and Anti-monopoly Regulation Department;
• Pyotr Sinyutin, Director General of Moesk;
• Alexei Azarenko, deputy head of the Moscow Region Department of the Federal Anti-monopoly Service;
• Marina Yastrebkova, deputy head of the antimonopoly control department of the Moscow Region Department of the Federal Anti-monopoly Service;
• Alexander Sitnikov, managing partner at VEGAS LEX;
• Evgeniy Rodin, head of the Energy Projects Practice at VEGAS LEX.

The participants discussed the practice of limiting or cutting electricity supplies to consumers for various reasons, the principles of consumer payments for off-the-meter and contract-free energy supplies, and ways to assure high quality energy supplies to end users. They also focused on the specifics of procurement by natural monopolies, the possibility of collusion between the bidders, aspects of technological connection to power grids and other issues.

The experts expressed their independent views and gave recommendations for anti-monopoly regulation of the Russian energy sector, followed by a brief question-and-answer session. Each participant received a certificate for having completed a professional development program Bona Fide Competition in Power Generation. This was the first time the workshop involved MGIMO faculty qualified in the subject, which significantly raised the level of the discussion and improved the training program’s quality.

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* Moscow United Electric Grid Company (Moesk) offers power transmission services as well as technological connection to distribution grids in Moscow and the Moscow Region.

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