MOSCOW, may 14. /TASS/. Member of the Federation Council Committee on social policy Sergey Leonov appealed to the acting Chairman of the government of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov asking them not to increase from July 1, the wholesale price of gas and electricity tariffs for the population in a pandemic. The corresponding letter Leonov was given the name Belousova, a copy of the letter is at the disposal of TASS.
“to support citizens during a pandemic, I ask you to instruct the Federal Antimonopoly service of Russia not to increase gas tariffs from 1 July 2020, and to amend the existing decree on electricity tariffs, keeping prices at the same level,” — said the Senator.
the electricity Tariffs for the population and equated categories, according to the order of the FAS Russia must be indexed from 1 July 2020. Annually on 1 July increase in wholesale gas prices. Senator Leonov notes that this is naturally reflected in retail gas prices.
Earlier it was reported that the Federal Antimonopoly service of Russia in a letter the government decided to temporarily freeze the indexation of wholesale gas prices for the population in the pandemic coronavirus. However, the Deputy head of the Antimonopoly service Vitaly Korolev noted that the refusal to increase electricity tariffs from 1 July may lead to an increase in cross subsidy and should be taken only in extreme cases.
Previously, the newspaper “Izvestia” reported that the Senator’s initiative was supported by the Chairman of the state Duma Committee on energy, the President of the Russian gas society Pavel Zavalny.
