OREANDA-NEWS. June 03, 2011. The Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) found that “Krasnoyarsk Regional Energy Company” Ltd. violated Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” (prohibits abusing market dominance by economic entities), reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

The case was initiated upon a complaint of “Montazh-Stroi” Ltd. that “Krasnoyarsk Regional Energy Company” Ltd. unreasonably refused to conclude a contract for technological connection by flux transfer.

The FAS Russia’s Commission established that “Montazh-Stroi” Ltd. and “Krasnoyarsk Towed Vehicles Works” OJSC concluded a flux transfer agreement. According to the Technological Connection Rules, they sent a notification about the agreement and an enquiry about calculating the costs of design-built technological connection (with necessary appendices) to the “Krasnoyarsk Regional Energy Company” Ltd.

In breach of the Rules, “Krasnoyarsk Regional Energy Company” Ltd. refused to arrange flux transfer under unprovided grounds. The company will be issued a determination to eliminate the antimonopoly violation.

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Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition” prohibits economic entities with dominant market position to undertake actions (omissions) that have resulted or can result in preventing, restricting, eliminating competition and (or) infringing the interests of other persons.

Under Clause 34 the Technological Connection Rules, the petitioners (except the persons specified in Clause 12.1 of the Rules, when connected capacity of their energy-receiving devices is up to 15 kW inclusive, petitioners specified in Clauses 13 and 14 of the Rules and the petitioners connected to the facilities of the United National (All-Russian) Electric Grid, the petitioners who did not pay for technological connection or did not pay for technological connection in full), that have, under the right of ownership or on any other legal grounds, energy-receiving devices, that were technologically connected according to the established procedures to electric networks before 1st January 2009, can, under an agreement with other owners of energy-receiving devices, reduce the volume of connected capacity (surplus, employed energy-saving potential, etc.) of their own energy-receiving devices simultaneously redistributing the volume of reduction of connected capacity to the benefit of other owners within the range of a particular main substation.