OREANDA-NEWS. September 10, 2014. “Antimonopoly Control in the Electric Power Industry” is written by a team of authors – officers of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) led by Deputy Head of FAS, Anatoly Golomolzin.

The book highlights fundamental approaches to antimonopoly regulation and control over electric power industry in the Russian Federation, reflects the established legal positions of antimonopoly and judicial bodies on the disputes of violating the antimonopoly law on the wholesale and retail markets of electric power (capacity). The book materials are intended for officers of the government agencies, participants of the wholesale and retail markets of electric power (capacity), and are of interest for academia and persons looking into the issues of antimonopoly regulation and control.

“The book spells out general principles of the national antimonopoly policy in the electric power industry, outlines the basic concepts of the antimonopoly law and the law on electric power industry. The procedures for administering the antimonopoly law are presented in an intelligible form, particularly, the powers of antimonopoly bodies, the procedures for preventative and suppressive antimonopoly control, initiating and investigating cases on violating the antimonopoly law, the issues of civil law, administrative and criminal liability for violating the antimonopoly law, and appealing the decisions of antimonopoly bodies. The book also contains summary comments on antimonopoly enforcement and brief descriptions of around 300 specific cases investigated by antimonopoly bodies, including excerpts from decisions made by antimonopoly and judicial bodies (mostly in 2011-2014). It gives the entire typology of violations of the antimonopoly law in the electric power industry as well as statistical data on the number of violations exposed by the antimonopoly bodies in 2007-2013”, said Anatoly Golomolzin.