Growth of tariffs for housing and communal services in Tatarstan does not exceed 15 %

Growth of tariffs for communal services in Tatarstan has not exceeded 15 % in 2011. This has been announced today at briefing in RT Cabinet by chairman of RT State Committee on tariffs Marina Fairushina.

Head of State committee noted that since adoption of amendments in RF Housing Code in August 2010 municipal formations lost their authorities for fixing tariffs, they were delegated to regional level.

Marina Fairushina stressed that it was connected with inspections held last year during which many abuses in fixing tariffs were found.

Finally, RT State Committee on tariffs fixed tariffs for all municipal organizations of republic.

By words of Marina Fairushina, growth of tariffs was caused by a number of reasons. First of all, it is the growth of wholesale price for gas that made 15 %. The second factor was increase of insurance fee rate for employers. The third reason was the process of refusing from cross-subsidization of communal services in Tatarstan.

To decrease sums of payment bills for communal services Marina Fairushina recommends installing devices for accounting electricity, water and heat parameters.