Electric energy is consumed not only by the residents of apartments directly, but is also spent on the operation of an apartment building. Owners are required to pay for it.

The owner of premises in an apartment building is the owner of a share in the common house property, which is proportional to the area of ​​​​the apartment he owns. Based on this, the owner is obliged to pay for electricity not only according to the indications of an individual meter, but also part of the resource spent on the needs of the whole house.

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The reform of housing and communal services carried out in the last 10 years on the territory of the Russian Federation includes the widespread installation in high-rise buildings of communal electric energy meters. To date, they are already available in the vast majority of homes.

The presence of a common house meter entails a change in the procedure for paying residents for used electrical energy. In addition to the resource consumed inside the apartment, the owners of residential and non-residential premises are required to pay for the supply of common areas (MOP).

The innovation led to ongoing conflicts between apartment owners and public utilities regarding the validity and necessity of paying for electricity according to the following scheme: resource consumption according to individual meter readings and part of what was spent on general house needs.

Citizens faced with this problem are interested in answers to the following questions: are the owners of premises in an apartment building obliged to pay for electricity to the MOS? What can residents do to reduce bills for the resource consumed for general house needs?

You should start by explaining the term "Electricity MOS". It refers to the resource spent on:

• The operation of lighting fixtures in common areas (entrances, basements, technical rooms, etc.);
• Functioning of common house equipment (television antennas, pumps, etc.);
• losses inside the house.

What does the current legislation say about the need for owners to pay for electricity? P. 4, Art. 30 and paragraph 1 of Art. 36 of the LCD, as well as paragraph 4 of Art. 209 and Art. 210 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation states that the owners bear the burden of maintaining their common house property.

RF GD No. 307 dated May 23, 2006 approved the "Rules for the provision of public services", paragraph 7 of which explains that owners of apartments and residential buildings pay for housing and communal services supplied by a resource supplying organization, based on the readings of general house (collective) meters. This also applies to electricity.

The regulatory framework of the Russian Federation clearly states that all homeowners in an apartment building are required to pay for electricity MOS (a share proportional to the occupied area).

How do public utilities recalculate the cost of common house needs for each owner of square meters? What steps should be taken to reduce the share of general house expenses per inhabitant?

The procedure for calculating electricity for general house needs

The electricity consumed at the ODN began to be counted after the PP of May 23, 2006 "Rules for the provision of public services to citizens" entered into force.

This normative act has lost its relevance since September 1, 2012, when the new “Rules for the provision of utility services to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings” came into force, which were approved by the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354 of May 6, 2011.

Let us dwell in more detail on the concept of ODN. The readings of a common house metering device of any resource entering a high-rise building (water supply, heat, electric energy) will never be equal to the sum of the values ​​\u200b\u200btaken from individual meters. The reason for this phenomenon is simple: part of the utilities is spent on general house needs.

According to the above legislative acts, payment for all consumed services must be carried out by the owners of premises in an apartment building. Consequently, the owners are obliged to pay for the resource using an individual metering device, as well as compensate for the share of the ODN for electricity, water supply and heat.

The calculation of consumed utility services for the general needs of the house depends on three factors:

• The presence of a common house counter;
• The area of ​​apartments and non-residential premises in a high-rise building;
• Availability of internal metering devices.

Let's consider the procedure for calculating the payment for electricity by the MOS using the simplest examples. A widespread situation: an apartment building is equipped with a collective meter, and the rooms inside it are only partially. Some residential and non-residential premises have metering devices, while the rest are not equipped with them. In this case, the general house needs are calculated according to the following formula:

ONE sq. No. 1 \u003d (O - K - H)× PC\PD where

• O - Total consumption of the resource by the house;
• K - Total consumption by apartments;
• H - Total consumption in non-residential premises;

In words, the formula can be rephrased as follows: the volume of ODN for electricity attributable to a certain apartment (in our case No. 1) or non-residential premises is proportional to the ratio of the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthis object to the total area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe house, as well as to the resource left without payment according to the readings of individual metering devices and standards.

The above procedure for calculating the electrical energy spent on general house needs for each of the premises (regardless of whether it is residential or not) corresponds to formula 13 in Appendix 2 to the "Rules for the provision of utility services to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings", approved by the PP Russia May 6, 2011 No. 354.

How is the electric energy of ODN calculated in the absence of a common house meter? The answer is contained in formula 17, given in Appendix 2 to the "Rules ...". There are standards for general house consumption of electricity, which form the basis of calculations.

The formula for them is:

ONE sq. #1 = H× PP× PC / PD where

• ONE sq. No. 1 - general house consumption of the resource attributable to a specific apartment;
• H - Consumption standard for ODN;
• PP - The total area of ​​​​premises that are publicly accessible (basements, entrances, etc.);
• PC - The area of ​​a particular apartment;
• PD - The total area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe premises of the house.