Kommersant learned about the plan of the Ministry of Energy to support the energy complex

The Ministry of Energy has sent a list of measures to support the fuel and energy complex to the government, some of them may be included in the "priority action plan to ensure the development of the Russian economy in the face of external sanctions pressure", which is being prepared by the Cabinet. Writes about this "Kommersant".

According to the publication, the largest set of measures relates to the electricity sector. Among them is the introduction of a special regime for charging fines for delaying the commissioning of facilities under the program for the modernization of old thermal power plants and new RES generation (from renewable energy sources). According to the proposal of the department, the government will be able to change the start and end dates for the supply of capacity for projects that have passed competitive selection.

The Ministry proposes to allow energy companies with state participation to refuse dividends for 2021 in favor of the implementation of investment programs. In addition, according to the plan of the Ministry of Energy, Rosseti will not be able to bear the tariff consequences if the investment program is not implemented in 2022-2023. The agency also proposes to consolidate the possibility of additional capitalization of Rosseti by 82.6 billion rubles, and RusHydro - up to 34.4 billion rubles.

The second set of proposals is related to the oil industry. Key measures relate to tax cuts: the agency suggests that oil companies switch to paying mineral extraction tax (MET) at actual selling prices, and not at world prices. In the face of declining demand for Russian oil , companies are selling Urals at a discount, while the MET is calculated based on world quotations, the publication explains.