OREANDA-NEWS. July 4, 2011. A session of the working commission was arranged hosted by the Ministry for Housing and Utility Affairs of the Krasnoyarsk Territory within the framework of the actions for Kansk housing and utility sector organizations preparation for operation during 2011–2012 heating season. Among the session participants were Deputy Minister for Housing and Utility Affairs Nina Avdeyeva, Head of the Town Administration of Kansk Andrey Sidelnikov, chief executives of many housing and utility organizations of the town. Among other things, the issue of collection of receivables due to JSC “Yenisei TGC (TGC-13)”was raised. Decision was taken to take actions to ensure full repayment of the indebtedness.

Invited for participation in the sessions were representatives of the Town Administration of Kansk, representatives of Yenisei TGC, chief executives of the management organizations having signed debt restructuring letters in October 2009. Additionally, one considered the issue of compliance with the debt restructuring schedules having been signed for the period till 2013.

The Territorial Ministry for Housing and Utility Affairs charged the Town Administration and the housing and utility organizations with taking actions to ensure their repayment of the indebtedness in accordance with the debt restructuring schedules.

In 2009 a number of housing and utility organizations signed debt restructuring schedules for the period till 2013. Only one organization, LLC “Housing and Communal Office”, is successfully discharging the obligations assumed.

With LLC “SORZh” 2009 guarantees indebtedness is 5,000,000 RUR inclusive of overdue debt in an amount of 3,406,458 RUR.

With LLC Utility Service Company “Uyut” total guarantee letter indebtedness and overdue debt are accordingly equal to 9,992,412.07 RUR and 4,992,416.07 RUR.

With Condominium Partnership “Tekstilschik” the values are 2,160,066.04 RUR and 265,633.94 RUR respectively.

Noteworthily, the Kansk-wide total amount of receivables for thermal resources supplied was as much as 326.7 bln. RUR as of June 1.

The Town Administration sent letters to the Public Prosecution Office requesting that prosecutory response actions are taken with regard to the activities of organizations failing to discharge their indebtedness redemption obligations.

According to Sergey Sibiryakov, Sales Director of JSC “Yenisei TGC (TGC-13)”, a malpractice as follows has established itself in Kansk. Chief executives of housing and utility organizations, having accumulated indebtedness, apply for debt restructuring and provide letters of guarantee but then default from obligations assumed. We shall fight this practice using all legal methods available”.

Such situation has a dramatically negative impact on the town energy supply and sustainability of Kansk CHP operation. In this connection the Ministry for Housing and Utility Affairs of the Krasnoyarsk Territory took control of the issue. More than that, it was decided that the issue of restructured debt repayment will be considered by the Territorial Security Council.

Chief executives of housing and utility organizations have been charged to ensure repayment of restructuring indebtedness having accrued as of 01.06.2011 by 30.06.2011. Henceforth they ought to fully discharge their indebtedness repayment obligations in accordance with the restructuring schedules.

We shall keep the town residents of the decisions fulfilment.

Yenisei TGC warns that consumers delaying payment for energy resources incur greater costs than those performing payments timely. When compelled to effect payment under a court decision the debtor has to cover considerable legal expenditures – enforcement fee in an amount of 7% of the debt sum total and a state duty equal to minimum 4% of the indebtedness amount. Additionally, in accordance with Article 395 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, the energy company is intent on judicial collection of interest for unlawful use or detention of money.