Wait. Connection to main gas will be free

April 22, 2021 the 17th message of the President to the Federal Assembly took place, in which, by tradition, some social programs are announced. This appeal was no exception. One of the key points in the President's address was the speech on gasification and the statement that if the main gas pipeline is connected to a populated area, then the connection of the gas pipeline to the border of the site for the residents of the village should be free.

Here is an excerpt from the President's address on this topic:

On the one hand, the news is good, one might say, great. But this is only the instruction of the President. Not all orders for these years have been fulfilled or fulfilled in full or in due quality.

For many structures that connect private houses to gas, this business is super profitable. There is no competition, the cost is too high. The article Examples of the cost of connecting a private house to the main gas. Why is it so expensive and what to do? I cited comments from readers who wrote about the cost of connecting their homes. Someone did it at a more or less adequate price, but from someone they asked for hundreds of thousands of rubles and he did not dare to supply gas, although the gas pipe runs very close to the site.

It would seem that there is Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 30, 2013 No. 1314, along which the piping to the boundaries of the site should not be higher 20 thous. rub. But the companies making this connection always have reasons to bypass this regulation. And only a few have sought their truth (there are also such cases). Link per article.

What the President stated has long been proposed to be done. After all, this is illogical, the country is one of the world leaders in natural gas production, we supply gas to Europe, and the population cannot connect to gas supply at an adequate price. There was an article about plans for free connection in Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan and Tyumen regions in 2021 here

Do you think the Government will fulfill this instruction of the President? Or can they delay implementation, shift the cost into tariffs? Limit the connection of sites to a certain distance. For example, if the site is located more than 500 m from the highway, the connection will not be free? Everything is possible in our country. Well, and an important circumstance - free connection only to the border of the site. You will have to pay for the work on laying communications on the site. And for these meters, inadequate amounts can be assigned, compensating for the costs incurred for the main length of the highway.

In Germany and in some countries of the former USSR, connection to the gas pipeline is free of charge. True, the tariffs are not the same as ours and it is not very cheap to heat a house with gas. An article about their examples is here: Free connection of a private house to the main gas pipe. Not here, in other countries

There are some hopes that the country will turn from the liberal direction of the economy and power at its various levels and the monopoly will turn to face the inhabitants of the country. If all goes well, then I am glad for everyone who will connect to the gas pipeline for free. It is a pity that in our region, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, this is not yet possible. Gasification in our country is just talk. And all because of the powerful coal lobby. I wrote about this situation in the article:There is no main gas for heating in Eastern Siberia. The reason, which is not customary to talk about

Gasification level and plans for gasification of the country until 2025. Krasnoyarsk Territory is like a white spot.

The difficulties in the construction of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline, associated with political pressure on European countries, probably make one think about the development of the gas industry within the country. Switch to the domestic market. Because growth in gas production and consumption is possible only due to domestic consumption. China is not interesting because it buys gas too cheaply. The Power of Siberia gas pipeline is unknown when it will pay off. Its construction, they wrote, was more a political step towards rapprochement with China than an economic one.

Another reason why the population was promised this free connection: parliamentary elections in the fall. This is a time of great promises. And the people are already full of them. This is the way it is in all countries. We need real deeds and projects that improve the lives of citizens.

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