The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is actively working to establish standards for the sale of gas on the exchange. writes about this TASS.
“We are working on this document. The price formed in foreign exchange trading cannot be monopolistically high. Regulations need to be adjusted and the work must be carried out in a way that suits all market participants,” said the head of the department, Maxim Shaskolsky.
According to the draft order, it is planned to determine the minimum sales value of gas produced and sold in the domestic market by Gazprom, the owner of the unified gas supply system, at 10 percent. For other dominant companies – 2%.
There are no standards anymore, Gazprom is allowed to sell up to 25 billion cubic meters. St. m per year on the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange. Previously, FAS had recommended that the holding company be obliged to sell at least 10% of domestic supply and independent producers at 3%.
Shaskolsky also said that the FAS has not yet received an application from Gazprom for a tariff that justifies the costs of transporting gas for independent companies.
Before that, it was known that the inhabitants of a number of Russian regions. collided With an increase in tariffs for housing and communal services after the planned indexation. In some cases, payments increased by 15-20%, which local authorities attributed to the climate, the state of infrastructure and the type of fuel used for heating.
Previously in Russia named the cost of connecting a house to gas.