Abstract
In the process of reviewing and approving electricity and heat tariffs, a power supply organization goes through several stages, one of which is the approval of the calculation method. In this regard, the article presents the results of the comparative assessment of application of several methods of regulating electricity and heat tariffs: a method of economically feasible costs (expenses); a method of indexing established tariffs; a return on invested capital method; a method of comparing analogues; a simplified calculation method. The results of calculations are analyzed and clearly reflected.
Highlights
IntroductionTariff regulation in thermal power generationin Russia creates an incorrect system of incentives for market participants
Tariff regulation in thermal power generationin Russia creates an incorrect system of incentives for market participants.Inefficiency lies at the very heart of current regulation – a tariff is determined by regional energy commissions in accordance with the costs incurred by producers
This is due to the fact that in addition to required gross revenue (RGR), the amount of the tariff includes the cost of energy transportation to the consumer and, in turn, it is affected by the amount of energy supplied; all these elements of costs are included in the tariff calculation when applying the method of economically feasible costs
Summary
Tariff regulation in thermal power generationin Russia creates an incorrect system of incentives for market participants. The results of this policy are very disappointing: more efficient and cost-effective CHP plants operating in the combined generation mode are currently mostly unprofitable due to the artificial lowering of tariffs and in recent years there is a clear tendency for their transition to the forced generation, which is the first signal of a possible subsequent closure; inefficient and expensive boilerhouses feel quite comfortable and have no incentive to upgrade the equipment and reduce costs. The international experience of the company is used for the development of cogeneration in the regions of Russia for solving a number of relevant industry problems: - tosignificantly increase the efficiency of production of both thermal and electric energy; - to reduce the prospective tariff burden on electricity consumers through the construction of sources in the immediate vicinity of consumption nodes; - tosearch for an effective direction for the development of generation that does not require additional tariff burden for the end user.
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