Benefits for paying for electricity services(warm)supplies

Benefits for paying for electricity services(warm)supplies are provided on the basis of the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated 14.06.2007 No. 239-Z “On state social benefits, rights and guarantees for certain categories of citizens" (in the current version) including:

Disabled people of war;

citizens, sick and survivors of radiation sickness, caused by the consequences of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, other radiation accidents, without able-bodied family members, obligated by law to maintain them, and living alone or only with disabled people of group I or II and (or) with non-working pensioners, have reached the age, giving the right to an old age pension on a general basis;

disabled people of groups I and II, except for persons, whose disability resulted from illegal actions, due to alcohol, narcotic, toxic intoxication, self-harm, without able-bodied family members, obligated by law to maintain them, and living alone or only with disabled people of group I or II and (or) with non-working pensioners, have reached the age, giving the right to an old age pension on a general basis.

The procedure for obtaining benefits for citizens.

Benefits for paying for electricity services(warm)supplies are provided in accordance with Article 16 Law of the Republic of Belarus dated 14.06.2007 No. 239-Z for citizens, registered at the place of residence (or place of stay at the payer’s choice (subscriber) and (or) another citizen regarding the provision of benefits. Pay attention, that the benefit can only be provided to one address.

For registration (registration upon initial application) citizens provide documents for the specified benefits, provided for in paragraph. 1.11 list of administrative procedures, carried out by state bodies and other organizations at the request of citizens, approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated 26 April 2010. No. 200 "On Administrative Procedures, carried out by state bodies and other organizations at the request of citizens” (in the current version):

– statement;

– document, confirming the right to benefits*;

– document, identity card.

*In accordance with clause 2 of the Regulations on the procedure for submitting documents, on the basis of which the right to state social benefits is exercised, approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated 13.12.2007 № 1738 (hereinafter - Regulation, in the current version), document, confirming the right to benefits, is the original ID (evidence) uniform sample, established by the Government of the Republic of Belarus, and in relation to citizens, eligible for benefits up to 1 January 1992 of the year, - Government of the USSR.

Benefits for paying for electricity services- and heating supplies are provided to citizens from the day they submit their application.

If a citizen due to age, state of health or other reasons cannot personally appear at the energy supply organization to apply for benefits, any member of his family can do it, or trustee, if there is a document, identification and document, confirming the right to a citizen's benefit. In the absence of family members or a trusted person, a citizen can apply to the energy supply organization with a request to apply for benefits at home.

To quickly make a decision on the administrative procedure “Registration (first time registration) benefits to citizens on payment for housing and communal services and payment for the use of residential premises", In addition to the application for benefits, a citizen can independently provide:

pension certificate (his own and his family members living with him - for the relevant categories of citizens, specified in the Regulations;

work book (his own and his family members living with him for the relevant categories, specified in the Regulations);

certificate of family composition and number of citizens, living in residential premises - for citizens, living in departmental residential buildings, Housing cooperatives, etc., in that case, if they are subscribers of the energy supply organization.

When, if a citizen, when contacting an energy supply organization to apply for a discount on payment for consumed energy, independently provides additional information (certificates, documentation), which specifies the conditions and circle of persons, living with him, then registration of the benefit at the energy supplying organization is carried out no later than 3 working days from the date of application, and in the case of a request for documents and (or) other information from other government bodies, other organizations – 1 months.

During the period, when the energy supply organization requests additional information from government authorities, other organizations, payment for consumed energy is made by the payer without taking into account the discount, provided by law. Subsequently, upon receipt of information from government agencies, other organizations and obtaining benefits for paying for electricity services, the energy supplying organization recalculates the electricity paid for by the payer from the moment the citizen applies to apply for the benefit.

The procedure for payments for electrical and thermal energy, taking into account established standards.

Benefits for energy supply payments are provided for actual volumes of energy consumption per month, but within the approved standards.

Energy consumption standards for providing benefits to citizens, living on the territory of the Minsk region are established by the decision of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee from 29.08.2024 № 802 “On establishing standards for the consumption of utility services for the provision of benefits”

Electrical energy consumption rate for providing benefits (kilowatt hours per month):

60 kW∙h in residential buildings (apartments), not equipped with electric stoves;

90 kW∙h in residential buildings (apartments), equipped with electric stoves (this rule also applies to the use of electricity for heating and hot water).

If available in the house (apartment) several electricity metering devices, the norm is divided equally between the calculated metering devices and, in case of tariff calculations, differentiated by time periods - equally divided between zones of minimum and maximum loads.

Thermal energy consumption rate for heating needs (gigacalories) – amount of thermal energy, equal to the product of the amount of thermal energy (gigacalories per 1 square meter of total living area), determined in accordance with the established procedure for calculating payment for heating residential premises per month, on 20 sq. meters of total living space.

Thermal energy consumption rate for hot water supply needs (gigacalories) – amount of thermal energy, equal to the product of the amount of thermal energy (gigacalories per 1 cube. hot water meter), determined in accordance with the established procedure for calculating payment for water heating for a month, on 50 percent of water volume, determined by standards, and number of days in a month.

In that case, if the benefit is issued to a citizen not with 1 day of the month, Payments for energy actually consumed after registration of the benefit are made within the established standards in proportion to the number of days in the month.

If there are metering devices for electrical and thermal energy, in case of living with a beneficiary citizen of other citizens, actual consumption for each citizen is determined by dividing all energy consumed during the billing period in equal shares for each resident.

Based on the actual consumption of energy by a household subscriber in the amount of, not exceeding the established norm, the benefit is provided for the actual volume of energy consumption by a household subscriber.

If the actual energy consumption of a household subscriber is higher than the established norm, the benefit is provided for the normalized amount of preferential consumption.

When two or more citizens live in the same room, eligible for benefits, the size of the norm is multiplied by the number of beneficiaries.

Amount of electrical energy, consumed in excess of the established norms of preferential consumption, paid without benefits.

Unspent “preferential” amount of electricity in the billing month (kilowatt-hours) will not be carried over to the next months.

In accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Belarus, payment for consumed electrical and thermal energy must be made by the household subscriber on a monthly basis, to 25 day of the month, following the calculated. In that case, if the subscriber pays for the consumption for several past months, during which no payment was made, electricity in one payment, this payment will be accepted as consumption of one billing month, and the rate of preferential consumption will be taken into account only for one month.

In case of loss of grounds for receiving benefits, as well as if there are grounds for recalculating the benefits provided in connection with a change in the number of benefit citizens living in the residential premises, the subscriber is obliged to notify the energy supplying organization about this no later than 14 days from the date of change of grounds (conditions) to provide benefits.

When:

establishing the fact of illegal use of benefits for payment for electrical and thermal energy, the right to this benefit is terminated;

failure to report or untimely communication by the beneficiary of the energy supplying organization of information about the loss of grounds for receiving benefits, as well as the existence of grounds for recalculating payments for electrical and thermal energy, taking into account benefits depending on the number of citizens, living in residential premises, the energy supplying organization recalculates the payment for electricity from the date of occurrence of such grounds within the limitation period.