last Friday, the Deputy Minister of energy Yuri Manevich said that in 2019, the cross-subsidies in Russian electric power sector amounted to 238 billion rubles. This expenditure, which in the 90s legally placed on business to reduce the burden on the population. This decision was due to low income citizens who are not allowed to pay for electricity at an economically reasonable tariff. Now social subsidies for the population “dissolved” in the tariffs for services in transfer of electric energy territorial grid organizations (i.e. distribution networks).
the Path of electricity from power plant to consumer goes through several stages: first, backbone networks (mostly controlled by FGC UES), and then the distribution network (owned by territorial network organizations – TSO), and sometimes sequentially more than one owner. However, the largest enterprises have the opportunity to join the main networks directly, avoiding the social burden for cross-subsidy, and have additional economic preferences compared to small and medium businesses. The difference in tariff for the customers of trunk and distribution networks in some cases up to 800%.
“Care” of large consumers to FGC violates the economic balance in the electric grid complex. This has a negative impact on the development of industry and economy. The more businesses connected to the backbone directly, the higher the proportion of maintenance costs of distribution (regional) network infrastructure, which lies on each of the remaining consumers. The restrictions on growth of tariffs has not been canceled. All of this can lead to adverse economic consequences for the territorial grid organizations in the regions – such as increasing the profits of the territorial network organisations and the growth of debts to creditors; reduction of financing of programs of development of territorial grid organizations; aging production assets in the distribution grid complex.
No changes in the procedure for calculating tariffs and allocation of cross-subsidies will be a serious deterrent to the development of the economy.
we must Not forget that the distribution electric grid complex is the basis of functioning of the technological infrastructure of the regions. It provides electricity to most consumers of electricity in any territory. Accordingly, a safe operation of the distribution networks is a guarantee of energy security of regions and the reliable energy supply of consumers.
it is true rasprodalayou load the content of the transmission facilities between all consumers of electricity each subject of the Russian Federation.
the energy Ministry has drafted a bill that will more fairly distribute the burden of content networking.
It was also supported by the Ministry of economic development. It follows from the letter of the head of Department Maxim Reshetnikov, which is quoted by the media. The rate for direct consumers of the FGC UES it is planned to double in 5 years. And even then it will remain a multiple of the lower rate of territorial grid companies.
According to estimates cited earlier, the increased load on the direct consumers of the FGC UES will be from 38,8 to 45 billion rubles a year. Accounting for only 16-18% of the total volume of cross-subsidization included in the unified (boiler) tariffs for services in transfer of electric energy. This compares with a reduction in the amount of electricity from the main networks in the distribution for the last 7 years – that is, the size of the “flight” of a major consumer.
According to “Russian grids” (controlled FGC UES and most of the territorial grid companies), the change in the final electricity prices for end consumers of the backbone networks after redistribution of the load will average 10% annually. A single (boiler) tariffs for services in transfer of electric energy in distribution grid complex, according to the Ministry of energy, decrease on average by 3-5%.
In regions with a large amount of cross-subsidies and a high share of direct consumers of the FGC it will be more significant.
Belgorod oblast is 17.5%
the Kemerovo oblast — 12.1% of
Chelyabinsk oblast — 11.4% of the
Volgograd oblast — 15.1% and
Republic of Karelia is 9.2%
energy and economic development support the unconditional reduction of tariffs for transmission services in the networks of the TSO as a result of differentiation of tariffs for FGC and redistribution of cross-subsidization. As follows from the correspondence, who are in the media, discusses the mechanism of inclusion in the regulations of the obligations of “Russian grids” to direct the income from a rate increase of backbone networks reduce the cost of services for the customers of electricity distribution networks. The holding in General does not work, but will be able to reallocate the payments into the links of the production chain, where most investment is required and renewal of assets.
it is Expected that the bill will not only lead to additional growth of tariffs for electric energy for the population, but will also create additional conditions for development of small and medium-sized businesses. This can be very useful against the adverse economic impact of the pandemic coronavirus.
