OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2014. The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District supported the judgment of Moscow Arbitration Court and the ruling of the 9th Arbitration Appeal Court, and upheld the FAS decision that the Federal Tariff Service violated the antimonopoly law (Part 1 Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”).

Omissions by the Federal Tariff Service prevented participation of “Volgogradoblelektrosbyt” Ltd. (“VOES” Ltd.) in trading with electric power in the wholesale market of electric power.

Earlier FAS received a petition from “VOES” Ltd. about signs of violating the antimonopoly law in omissions by the Federal Tariff Service, which failed to include “VOES” Ltd. in the legal capacity of buyers in the consolidated balance forecast for production and supplying electric power within the Unified Energy System for 2011 in the Volgograd region (the Consolidated balance forecast).

The failure to include “VOES” Ltd. in 2011 consolidated balance forecast prevented company’s operations on the wholesale market of electric power (capacity).

Actions of the Federal Tariff Service could have deprived “VOES” Ltd. of the right to take part in trading with electric power (capacity), as well as of its status of provider of last resort.