OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2013. Moscow Arbitration Court confirmed legitimacy and reasonableness of the decision and determination issued by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) regarding “MRSK Urals” OJSC, reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

FAS found that “MRSK Urals” OJSC violated Clause 3 Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” in the part of imposing additional volumes of capacity consumption upon “Roskommunenergo” OJSC (the sales organization), exceeding indicated by “Roskommunenergo” OJSC (the sales organization) for 2012, which generated arrears to the network organization for the services of electric power transmission that had not been rendered.

FAS issued a determination to “MRSK Urals” OJSC to undertake measures to stop imposing additional volumes of capacity consumption upon “Roskommunenergo” OJSC by avoiding approvals of contract volumes of the services of electric power transmission for the capacity volume specified by “Roskommunenergo” OJSC for 2012.

Earlier, on 27th December 2012 MRSK Urals” OJSC was held administratively liable. The company was fined around 18 million Rubles.

“Such violations by network companies are not uncommon. Exposing and suppressing them, as well as applying administrative sanctions should encourage proper fulfillment of their obligations by holders of natural monopolies regarding service receivers in usual commercial practice, without intervention of the antimonopoly body”, pointed out the Head of FAS Department for Control over Electric Power Industry, Vitaly Korolyov.