The wholesale price of electricity in the Far East has increased by 50%

The wholesale price of electricity in the Far East at the beginning of the year for the first time approached the average prices in the rest of the country. In January, it increased almost one and a half times month to month - up to 2.8 rubles per 1 kWh•h. The tariffs have risen sharply since the government allowed to include compensation for losses of the region's thermal power plants from the purchase of coal in previous years. Local businesses want to complain to the prosecutor's office. However, RusHydro, which received losses of 35 billion rubles in 2022, claims that even with the new prices, work in the region will not become profitable.

Polina Smertina; Anna Yashina, Blagoveshchensk, COAL LOSSES INCREASED ELECTRICITY PRICES IN THE FAR EAST, Kommersant, N47, March 21, 2023, p. 7