Justify this: The State Duma is inundated with complaints about the dramatic increase in gas bills.
A new methodology, effective January 1, 2024, allows gas distribution companies to include additional "maintenance" costs in their bills, costs that were previously not included and are virtually impossible to control.
“In a number of regions, the increase in maintenance fees ranged from 30 to 75%, but the absolute leader was Samara regionHere is the cost of service in apartment buildings it increased by 150-330%, in private buildings – up to 230%»- claims State Duma deputy Alexander KhinshteinAccording to him, the problem in Samara arose because the population there is served not by Gazprom divisions, but by private organizations.
The Parliamentary newspaper writes that the maintenance fee In Sakhalin, it increased by 25-28%, in the Moscow region and Kaluga region - by 30%, in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - up to 51%, in the Voronezh region - by 20-75%, and in Astrakhan - almost 1,5 times.
The parliamentarians, who approved the new methodology last year, placed responsibility on the Minister of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities. Ireka FayzullinaToday, deputies signed an appeal "On the Validity of the Methodological Guidelines," in which they asked Faizullin to review the regulations, including those related to oversight of gas distribution organizations.