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The most important task facing today is the accelerated gasification of regions where there is no main gas. The solution to this problem which should be developed jointly with the Government of the Russian Federation and Gazprom may include the development of alternative environmentally friendly energy sources LNG gasificatThis was stated by Andrey Kutepov Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy . The senator took part in the events of the XI St. Petersburg International Gas Forum.e noted that expanding the use of gas in the domestic market will significantly improve the standard of living and provide comfortable conditions for citizens and will also positively affect the socio-economic development of the regions.The senator spoke about the activities of the Council for Gasification of the Subjects of the Russian Federation under the upper chamber which has been operating on an ongoing basis since March 2020 and considers the specific needs of each of the regions in terms of gasification the construction of gas distribution stations gas pipelines connection of consumers as well as the volume and sources of financing . Legislative initiatives are being formed at the Council site in order to fulfill the lists of instructions of the President of the Russian Federation as well as to resolve problematic issues in the gasification segment ensuring gas safety and servicing gas equipment.A law was adopted that improved the gasification model introduced a new institution - a single gasification operator. During the consideration of the document our amendments were made which relate to assigning to gasification operators the obligation to take measures aimed at increasing the throughput of gas transmission systems as well as questions about sources of financing for gasification and changing the status of regional fuel and energy balances the senator said. He noted that amendments to the Guidelines for regulating tariffs for gas transportation services through gas distribution networks were also prepared.Among the set of measures adopted by legislators the senator named the Federal Law On Amendments to Article 51 of the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation which will reduce the cost and terms of work on the construction and reconstruction of gas distribution and gas consumption networks and the Federal Law On Amendments to Part Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation which provides for the exemption of gas distribution organizations from VAT when providing services for connecting citizens to gas networks as part of additional gasification.Amendments were also made to the Tax Code in terms of optimizing the financial burden of organizations operating gas distribution system facilities and providing a tax deduction for corporate income tax when providing such services. These benefits will free up funds to speed up work on the regasification program Andrey Kutepov emphasized .Difficult work is being done to finalize the draft federal law On Amendments to the Federal Law On the Privatization of State and Municipal Property adopted in the first reading. This draft law proposes mechanisms for involving ownerless gas distribution networks and gas consumption networks into circulation Andrey Kutepov said .According to him the Council also raised the issue of the safety of using in-house and in-house gas equipment. We are talking about amending the Housing Code of the Russian Federation in terms of organizing the maintenance of gas equipment in an apartment building including the introduction of the institution of a single contract for the maintenance and repair of gas equipment. The members of the Council note the need to establish responsibility for the operation of in-house and in-house gas equipment to restore order in the control of service organizations. On this issue the support of the Government of the Russian Federation is required said Andrey Kutepov .In addition the head of the Federation Council Committee believes it is necessary to start exploring the possibility of financing or co-financing the construction of gas pipelines to the basement and connecting equipment in houses free of charge for residents. According to numerous requests we are also developing proposals for a balanced solution to the issue of connecting the main subscriber to the gas supply networks.In addition to solving the issues of gasification of households attention should be paid to the gasification of small and medium-sized enterprises the effective operation of which also depends on the provision of gas the senator noted. A number of business support measures have already been adopted. Its time to think about providing incentives to small and medium-sized enterprises in terms of connecting to gas supply networks and providing gas.
