The Ministry of Construction has developed rules for classifying objects as heating systems. Criteria. Improving the efficiency of network operation and the quality of services provided. Controversial moments.
The Ministry of Construction has developed rules for classifying objects as heating systems. The criterion will be the length of the sections of the heating main. Thus, the department intends to remove from the market small owners who neglect the maintenance of facilities, thus increasing the efficiency of network operation and the quality of services provided. However, this initiative was protested by experts who believe that it will lead to just the opposite results.
The problem of poor quality of housing and communal services has not lost its relevance in recent years, although in 2011 it was partially solved by transferring networks to private owners. Instead of privatization, which threatened "social catastrophes" in case of lack of funds from private owners, they chose the form of their interaction with the state within the framework of concession agreements. However, some small sections of heating mains remained in private ownership.
The government, the Ministry of Construction, in particular, believes that many of them do not ensure the proper condition of heating mains. As a result, the industry does not develop, all funds go to the constant restoration of worn-out sections of networks. Therefore, a draft Government Decree has been developed, which sets out new and rather stringent criteria for classifying as heating networks. Now there are no requirements for owners, any owner can obtain the status of a heating network organization, regardless of the length of the site he owns. The interest of business in the industry is ensured by a constant inflow of funds.
The Ministry of Construction proposes to establish that in cities with a population of up to 250 thousand inhabitants, only the owner of heating networks with an inextricable length of at least 1 km can become a heating network organization, up to 500 thousand inhabitants - with a length of at least 3 km, from 1 million inhabitants - at least 10 km . Thus, the minimum length indicator is tied to the number of municipalities.
However, experts point out that only 5% of current TCOs fall under the new criteria. The transfer of a large number of network sections to the balance of municipalities will not contribute to their efficient use and maintenance, the criteria should be wear, quality of service, technical data, and not a formal indicator. The owners are afraid that the project will be adopted in this form (other solutions were previously proposed, the criterion was the period of ownership of networks), and they hope that a mechanism for compensating the cost of networks will be provided.
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