FAS Russia opens a case against the «Federal Network Company of the Integrated Energy System» OJSC

The case was initiated upon a petition of «Lukoil-Energoseti» Ltd. When the company completed construction of electric power substations, it signed a contract with «Tyumenenergo» OJSC for their technical connection. In its turn, «Tyumenenergo» OJSC applied to «Federal Network Company of the Integrated Energy System» OJSC for technical connection in order to increase capacity for connecting those facilities. «Federal Network Company of the Integrated Energy System» OJSC signed the contract with the company but asked it to sign additional agreements that, according to the petitioner, were unlawful.
Having investigated the petition, FAS Russia identified some signs of antimonopoly violations because contracts for technological connection of «Tyumenenergo» OJSC to the networks of «Federal Network Company of the Integrated Energy System» OJSC included conditions for advance payment for the technical connection efforts without the payment being approved by the Federal Tariff Service, which was in breach of the pricing procedures established by normative legal acts.
Also having examined the materials, FAS Russia found the signs of yet another violation - economically or technologically unjustified refusal to enter into a technical connection contract with one of the market participants in breach of Clause 15 of the Rules for Technical Connection and Clause 5 Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law «On Protection of Competition».