Division: Commentaries and the interview Themes: Regional policy Fight with debts  Source: Komsomol Pravda Baykal, in. Spivak
  Date: 11.06.2004
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  Heating season is always heavy period for the firm "energy-sale" OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo". To ensure the normal level of the collection of means for the consumed thermal and electrical energy - task complex, taking into account that in Irkutsk region there are numerous problematic categories of users. On how worked firm "energy-sale" during this period and about further plans Victor Nikolayev tells its director.
  Heating season is always heavy period for the firm "energy-sale" OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo". To ensure the normal level of the collection of means for the consumed thermal and electrical energy - task complex, taking into account that in Irkutsk region there are numerous problematic categories of users. On how worked firm "energy-sale" during this period and about further plans Victor Nikolayev tells its director.
  - as as a whole did pass the heating season of 2003-2004 in comparison with the past?
  - from the point of view of the technical parameters and indices of reliability - it passed better than 2002-2003. During entire heating season there it was not one emergency case of the leakage of energy resources. All limitations of energy resources to users were produced in accordance with the existing normative base. During the preparation for the heating season repair campaign passed without the disruptions; also it did not arise problems with the purchase of coal. From the point of view of the payments of users - from 1 October 2003. on 1 May 2004. an increase in debts according to such users as the resellers of thermal and electrical energy, objects ZHKKH, budgets of all levels, composed 939 millions. rubles, which is greater 1,8 times, than into the previous heating season. Then increase composed 519 millions. rubles. In this case the enumerated categories of users in 2002-2003 paid the consumed energy resources at level 79,7%, in 2003-2004 the volume of payments was reduced by more than 5% and composed 72%. Reasons to this - an increase in the tariffs on thermal energy. Furthermore, in this year we send towards some municipal formations (Irkutsk, Shelekhov, Bratsk), after allowing them to pay for thermal energy by uniform fractions during only year, including in summer. Furthermore, this nonfulfillment of laws on the subsidies and the privileges, and also the specific percentage of nonpayers.
  - as you do count, in what do consist the basic reasons of reduction in the solvency of users?
  - in Irkutsk region in each city situation with the payments is absolutely different. If the owner if the owner city (mayor) of the operation of power engineering, he is seriously occupied by questions of energy-economy, by development of the reasons of the insolvency of the users (byudzhetozavisimye organizations) dependent on it, then problems with the power-supply organization it does not appear. Beginning from 2002, we began to carry out serious expert work in the cities of Irkutsk region in order to explain, how those a tariffs, which asserts in his city the mayor for the population, correspond to the volume of the commodity production consumed by city. As a result we explained that into Cheremkhovo, Usol6e- Siberian, Nizhneilimske, Angarsk with the existing internal tariffs, even if the entire population of city will pay for the public services in the 100-percent volume, for city nevertheless will not succeed in completely covering entire volume of tempered thermal energy JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo". Hence and begins to appear debts, which can be originally evaluated as "corpse" - it by anyone and never will be paid, since not it is fixed to whom. To know how economize thermal energy must each our user. There is bright to volume an example - reseller of thermal energy MUP "shelekhovskiye thermal networks", whose management very clearly governs the process of operating the thermal networks and the process of energy-economy. In this enterprise are effectively erected the interrelations TETs-5; therefore in its users it does not appear claims on the quality of those obtained from MUP The "shelekhovskiye thermal networks" of services. Approximately the same situation both in Sayanske and in Bratsk. Unfortunately, practically are not solved the problems of energy-economy in Angarsk, Usol6e- Siberian. In the latter completely there is no analysis of the state of thermal networks, the reasons for the losses of thermal energy are not revealed, there is no adjustment of thermal networks. At the same time we dvizhemsya to an improvement in the interrelations with the administration AMO - conduct constructive dialogue at the level of committee on the housing policy of Irkutsk region, fairly often we are encountered with the administration of city. In the case of possible nonpayments as responsible guarantee, first of all, must appear the administrations it is municipal, or the administration of Irkutsk region. JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo" ensures all its users with qualitative and stable power supply; therefore if means from users do not come during 2 calculated periods, then we have the complete right to be turned into the law court. In our interrelations with any user responsibility for its actions they must bear both sides.
  One more of the reasons of reduction in the solvency of the byudzhetozavisimykh users (OPP, enterprise ZHKKH) - the coming into force of the provincial law N 23- OZ "about the measures of the social protection of population in the period of reformation ZHKKH", also reduction in the budget financing on the compensation of the falling out incomes of the power-supply organizations for the assignment of privileges and subsidies. Volume nevozmeshchayemykh with the budget of privileges in 2003 in comparison with 2002. it increased on 165 millions. rubles, from 243 - to 409 millions. rubles. The volume nevozmeshchayemykh by the budget of subsidies in 2003 increased on 223 millions. rubles in comparison with 2002- m. According to the data of the Irkutsk provincial committee of state statistics, in 2003 the flow of users, who turned themselves into the organs of social protection for the subsidies, increased 3,71. These indices considerably affect the calculations of population and budgets with the power-supply organizations of Irkutsk region, which are mediators between the users and JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo".
  - on the sums of the passed heating season, what users did increase the level of payment for the energy resources, and what did decrease?
  - among the resellers of thermal and electrical energy, enterprises ZHKKH, budgetary organizations there are the users, who produce pay for the energy resources at the acceptable level. As a whole it would be desirable to isolate "oblkommunenergo", which reduced debts before JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo" by 23 millions. rubles, practically do not have problems with the calculations the "fraternal electrical networks". "shelekhovskiye electrical networks" although have now small debt before the energy company, this bears seasonal nature. It is confident, that will not have at the beginning of heating season as a whole the category of the wholesale user- resellers of debts. Badly pay for that consumed the heat- resellers of thermal energy into Cheremkhovo, Zheleznogorske, and also objects ZHKKH Of the usol'skeyeo region, in the Usol6e- the Siberian, with Irkutsk region, Angarsk. On the contrary, in Shelekhove, To sayanske, Bratsk, Irkutsk even if there are debts before JOINT STOCK COMPANY "irkutskenergo", then they all liquidate in accordance with the graphs. Causes alarm city winter, although the mayor of city takes all possible measures for the decrease of debts before the energy company. As far as important industrial users are concerned, here of problems with the payments practically does not exist. Only enterprise - "khimpromUsol'e" achieves pay for the consumed energy resources not fully, nevertheless situation is under the control our, and, I think, special problems with the data by user it will not be.
  - heating season approached toward the end, began summer... Does mean this which in all colleagues of firm "energy-sale" now will be less than the work?
  - on the contrary, summer - time is very critical for the firm "energy-sale". Our primary task - of gathering from the users those 939 millions themselves. rubles prior to the beginning of the following heating season. Now begins the most active time - encounter with the mayors, by the leaders of enterprises, is renewed the work of commission with the provincial administration on the problematic categories. If usually the fulfillment of the business- plan of the work of firm composes 100%, then in summer for us it is necessary to work on 120-130%.
  During entire heating season there it was not one emergency case of the leakage of energy resources. Repair campaign passed without the disruptions; also it did not arise problems with the purchase of coal. |