Cassation Court confirmed legitimacy of FAS Order on reducing the heat energy tariffs in the Altai region

Courts of three Instances confirmed legitimacy of the actions undertaken by the antimonopoly body

In 2016 the Antimonopoly Service monitored the tariffs for combined generation by the subjects of the Russian Federation.

FAS found that the regulator in the Altai region had exceeded the tariff levels for heat energy.

Based on those facts, FAS issued an Order¹ requesting the Office for State Regulation of Prices and Tariffs in the Altai region to abolish the decisions for the second half of 2016 and approved new tariffs for the combined generation plants under the ceiling levels, set by the antimonopoly body.

The regional regulator filed a lawsuit challenging the FAS Order. The Court of First Instance, the Appeal Court and the Cassation Court confirmed legitimacy of the regulatory act issued by the Antimonopoly Service.

Reference:

¹  No. 863/16 FAS Order “On abolishing decisions of the Office of Altai Region on State Regulation of Prices and Tariffs of 24.03.2016 – No. 33 “On making changes to No.558 decision of the Office for State Regulation of Prices and Tariffs in the Altai region of 26.11.2015” of 29.06.2016, No. 508 “On setting tariffs for heat energy produced under combined generation of electric and heat energy on the collectors of the heat energy source of “Biiskenergo” JSC for 2016-2018” of 24.11.2015, No. 476 “On setting tariffs for heat energy produced under combined generation of electric and heat energy on the collectors of the heat energy source of  “Altai-Koks” JSC for 2016-2018” of 24.11.2015, No. 556 “On setting tariffs for heat energy produced under combined generation of electric and heat energy on the collectors of the heat energy source of “Barnaul TETs-3” for 2016-2018” of 26.11.2015.