Far East exempt from a tariff

The Ministry of Energy wants to start in a short time the electric power market in Far East, to Komi Republic and Arkhangelsk Region. By the end of the next year to a wholesale power market can bring 15% of the total amount of the electric power of new regions, by summer of the 2024th — 50%, and by summer of the 2025th — all volume. Such step is necessary for attraction of investments in modernization of local power, tell regulators. The industry asks not to hurry: without the competition and close electronetwork connections association of regions will lead "to unpredictable price consequences" for the market. Photo: Dmitri Lebedev, newspaper "Kommersant" Why is necessary the market...