The government is already working on a program that will allow for adjustments to utility rates after the heating season ends. Konstantin Ushchapovsky, head of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKU), announced this during a nationwide telethon, according to liga.net.
According to him, utility rates are set to rise, but only after the heating season. This will make it possible to increase salaries for energy workers and other critical infrastructure employees, as well as to carry out emergency repair work.
“A working group is operating under the auspices of the Cabinet of Ministers to prepare relevant proposals aimed at stabilizing the market,” he said.
It should be noted that in July of last year, the government adopted a moratorium on price increases for certain utility services (until the end of the war and six months after its conclusion). Specifically, this applies to the distribution of gas and heat (production, transportation, and supply of heat and hot water).
“Currently, the government, together with us and the Ministry of Energy, is seeking the best way to develop a program under which, after the end of the heating season, we can revisit this issue (of raising rates),” emphasized the head of the National Commission.