Businesses will pay for low energy tariffs in the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation through nuclear power plants, the budget is unclear how

As Kommersant found out, the government decided to equally divide the financial burden arising from the supply of electricity to new constituent entities of the Russian Federation at reduced prices between the budget and business. In 2024, the lost income of the Rosatom structure, which received the status of an energy supplier in these territories, will amount to 36 billion rubles, half of which will be paid by the industry of the European part of the Russian Federation and the Urals through a special premium to the price of nuclear power plant capacity. The remaining 18 billion rubles. It is proposed to allocate from the budget, but so far only 3 billion rubles have been included in it. The new premium, according to analysts, will increase payments to industry for capacity by 2.5%, to 712 billion rubles.

Industrial consumers of electricity in the first price zone (the European part of the Russian Federation and the Urals) will pay 18 billion rubles in 2024. for the supply of electricity at reduced prices to new regions of the Russian Federation, follows from government order No. 4084-r (published on February 5). Commercial consumers will pay this money through a special surcharge to the price of nuclear power plant capacity in the amount of 128.22 thousand rubles. for 1 MWh per month. These funds are necessary to reimburse part of the lost income of United Purchaser LLC (a structure of Atomenergosbyt, part of the Rosenergoatom concern) from electricity supplies to the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, the order notes.

The total amount of lost income of United Purchaser LLC for 2024, as Kommersant wrote on December 5, it will be twice as much – 36 billion rubles. Initially, the FAS proposed to set the volume of the surcharge at 33 billion rubles, but during lengthy discussions between regulators it was decided to reduce the load on the market. As the FAS explained to Kommersant, the government decided the remaining 18 billion rubles. financed from the federal budget. Several Kommersant sources familiar with the discussion of the issue said that currently only 3 billion rubles are provided for these purposes in the federal budget for 2024. Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak instructed the Ministry of Energy to find an additional 15 billion rubles. The Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance and the “Unified Purchaser” did not answer Kommersant’s questions.

A new surcharge for financing supplies to new territories will increase payments for capacity for industry in the European part of the Russian Federation and in the Urals. According to Kommersant’s interlocutors, the new surcharge could increase the payment of the first price zone for the current year by approximately 2.5%, to 712 billion rubles. In addition, the flow of electricity to new territories affects the price of electricity on the day-ahead (DAM) market: due to increased demand, prices in the power system of the south rise (see “Kommersant” dated January 30). Thus, in January of this year, the largest increase in DAM prices (by 11.8% compared to December) occurred in the south, and at some times the price exceeded 3 thousand rubles. for 1 MW•h. Among the reasons for this growth: a reduction in the production of renewable energy sources, repairs at nuclear power plants, as well as network restrictions with an increase in flow into adjacent energy systems.

There are already special surcharges on the wholesale energy market to subsidize certain regions of the country. For example, this year the first price zone will pay 26.8 billion rubles through the capacity price. for the construction of thermal power plants in the Kaliningrad region, as well as 2.9 billion rubles. (until March of this year) – for the construction of power plants in Crimea. In addition, the entire energy market, including Siberia, pays a subsidy of 31 billion rubles to reduce electricity prices in isolated areas of the Far East. The energy market payment for the capacity of modernized power plants in the Far East this year will amount to about 9 billion rubles. All these premiums are included in the payment for competitive power take-off (CPT).

Polina Smertina