OREANDA-NEWS. January 13, 2014. Moscow Arbitration Court pronounced legitimacy of the decision issued by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) with regard to Moscow Regional Energy Commission.

The Antimonopoly Service received a petition from “Tekhpromexport” Ltd. that Moscow Regional Energy Commission avoided (refused) to open a tariff case to set the tariff for power transmission services in 2012.

Moscow Regional Energy Commission requested the petitioner to submit documents that the company was unable to submit. The Energy Commission informed the petitioner that to set the tariffs for power transmission services it would be necessary to submit a contract concluded with “Mosenergosbyt” OJSC. At the same time, “Mosenergosbyt” OJSC was prepared to conclude a contract with “Tekhpromexport” Ltd. for power transmission after the tariffs for “Tekhpromexport” Ltd. would be set.

The actions of Moscow Regional Energy Commission, which avoided opening the tariff case, violated Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.

Moscow Regional Energy Commission disagreed with FAS decision; however, Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the claim.