Deputy head of the Ministry of energy Yuriy Manevich said that the Agency proposes to reduce the prescribed period of moratorium on the imposition of penalties for non-payment of utility bills. About this newspaper “Vedomosti”.
So, the Ministry of energy considers it necessary to shift the period from 1 January 2021 until 31 may 2020.
this Agency is ready to meet people who find themselves in a difficult situation, and extend to them a grace period until July 31, 2020.
According to manevicha, the increase in debt in April, on the electric power markets has reached 11 billion rubles, and in the markets of heat energy 16 billion.
the Agency estimated that if the moratorium will continue to apply until the specified period initially, then drop down the utility’s revenues will amount to 600-700 billion rubles. This will have a negative effect on the performance of FEC and reliability of sustainable power and heat supply of the country.
In April, the Russian government imposed a moratorium on disconnecting utility services for debts and fines for late payments in this area until the end of 2020.
