Pricing policy’ control at the electricity production sector

The paper considered one of the most important indicators characterizing the state of affairs at the electric power sector, i.e. the price set for heat and electricity supply. The rate should stay at a moderate level. However, the rates have been steadily increasing nowadays. The paper gave a description of the price setting machinery in the electric power sector, with the ways capable of enhancing efficiency in price making. The study suggested that the per capita consumption should be shortened round the country, in order to fix the rate of consumption per person that further would entail the rate’ decrease in the tariffs for heat and electricity supply. Producing heat and electricity at the combined heat and power plant (CHPP) in most cases has proven to be more efficient than the separate stations; that is why great attention was given now to developing approaches to breakdown the production cost for heat and electricity in the combined production figures. Efficient application of the combined production of heat and electric power should outline the prices and tariffs understandable by reasons of technology and economy being set for both types of energy, while keeping production profitable for both the separate and combined schemes. During transition to adjusted tariffs under the RAB technique (procedure), a company shall start earning income exactly referred to their cost of setting up assets. The effective rate figure should not exceed the limits acceptable that should be consistent with the regional executive power authority representing public interests and consumers at the region. For checking properly networks’ operational reliability in computing tariffs for electricity supply under RAB technique, the provider should regularly refer (at least once in three years) to the study outcomes concerning the rate correlation with increase in reliability of networks (to the optimal level), with the adjustments made to investment programs specified for each region across the Russian Federation, in order to summarize the outcomes and apply them further in adjusting rates.