In Russia it is planned to increase the utilization fee for equipment for coal mining. This, in turn, may lead to an increase in tariffs for heat and electricity.
According to Izvestia, in a letter from Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky to the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, it is said that the utilization fees should be increased in stages, leaving them the same for part of the equipment.
First, it is planned to increase the collection for mining equipment, such as bulldozers, wheel bucket front loaders, bucket excavators and others. The Ministry of Energy noted that the increase in tax rates will lead to “an increase in the financial burden on organizations in the mining industry.”
Companies can resolve the issue by increasing the tariff for heat and electricity.
According to Stanislav Shubin, Associate Professor of the Department of Management and Innovation of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russians are protected from tariff increases by regulated contracts and the index of utility bills.
The Ministry of Energy said that the change in coal prices may affect the subsidization of the tariff for the population by regional budgets.