In the near future, residents will start paying for hot water according to a new principle: separately for the water itself and separately for its heating.
So far, the new rules are already being used by enterprises and organizations, while the old accounting department remains for the residents. Due to the communal confusion, the housing and communal services refuse to pay to the heat and power engineers. Fontanka understood the complexities of the two-component tariff.
Earlier
Until 2014, the population and business structures paid for hot water in the following way. For the calculation, it was necessary to know only the consumed amount of cubic meters. It was multiplied by the tariff and by the figure artificially derived by officials - 0.06 Gcal. It is precisely this amount of thermal energy, according to their calculations, that is needed to heat one cubic meter of water. As Irina Bugoslavskaya, Deputy Chairperson of the Tariff Committee, told Fontanka, the indicator “0.06 Gcal” was derived from the following data: the temperature of the hot water provided should be 60 - 75 degrees, the temperature of the cold one used to prepare hot water should be 15 degrees in winter, 5 degrees in summer. According to Bugoslavskaya, the officials of the committee made several thousand measurements by removing information from metering devices - the artificially derived figure was confirmed.
In connection with the use of this method of payment, there was a problem associated with risers and heated towel rails connected to the hot water supply system. They heat the air, that is, they consume Gcal. From October to April, this heat energy is added to heating, but they cannot do this in summer. For a year now, a system has been operating in St. Petersburg, according to which payments for heat supply can be collected only during the heating season. In this regard, unaccounted heat is generated.
Decision
In May 2013, federal officials came up with a way out of the situation of unrecorded heating with heated towel rails and risers. For this, it was decided to introduce a two-component tariff. Its essence lies in the separate payment for cold water and its heating - thermal energy.
There are two types of heating systems. One implies that the hot water pipe departs from the one intended for heating, the other implies that for hot water, water is taken from the cold water supply system and heated.
If hot water is taken from the same pipe as heating, then payment for it will be calculated taking into account the costs associated with chemical treatment, staff salaries, equipment maintenance. If cold water is taken from the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg" for heating, then the payment for it is taken according to the tariff - now it is a little more than 20 rubles.
Heating tariff is calculated based on how much resources were spent on heat production.
Confused dwellings
On January 1, 2014, a two-component tariff was introduced for consumers who do not belong to the “population” group, that is, for organizations and enterprises. In order for the townspeople to be able to pay according to the new principle, it is necessary to amend the regulations. Paying under the new system is prohibited by the rules for the provision of utilities. With residents still paying under the old scheme, housing organizations serving non-residential buildings have a new headache.
Charging for hot water supply consists of two parts, or components, each of which is highlighted in a separate line in the receipt - DHW and DHW heating. This is due to the fact that in the houses of the Academicheskiy water preparation is carried out directly by the management company in the individual heating points of each house. In the process of preparing hot water, two types of communal resources are used - cold water and heat energy.
The first component, the so-called
DHW supply- this is directly the volume of water that passed through the hot water meter and was consumed in the room in a month. Or, if the readings were not taken, or the meter turned out to be faulty or the verification period has expired - the volume of water determined by calculation according to the average or the standard for the number of prescribed ones .. The procedure for calculating the volume of DHW supply is exactly the same as for To calculate the cost of this service, the tariff for cold water is applied, since in this case it is cold water that is purchased from the supplier.Second component,
DHW heating- this is the amount of heat energy that was spent to heat the volume of cold water provided to the apartment to hot temperature. This amount is determined based on the readings of the general house heat energy meter.In general, the amount of payment for hot water supply is calculated using the following formula:
P i gv = Vi gv × T xv+ (V v cr × Vi gv/ ∑ Vi rv × T v cr)
Vi gv- the volume of hot water consumed during the billing period (month) in an apartment or non-residential premises
T xv- cold water tariff
V v cr- the volume of heat energy used during the billing period for heating cold water in the case of independent production of hot water by the management company
∑ Vi gv- the total volume of hot water consumed during the billing period in all rooms of the house
T v cr- tariff for heat energy
Calculation example:
Suppose the consumption of hot water in the apartment for a month is 7 m 3. The consumption of hot water in the whole house is 465 m 3. The amount of heat energy spent on heating the hot water supply according to the general house metering device - 33.5 Gcal
7 m 3 * 33.3 rubles. + (33.5 Gcal * 7 m 3/465 m 3 * 1331.1 rubles) = 233.1 + 671.3 = 904.4 rubles,
Out of which:
RUB 233.1 - payment for actual water consumption (DHW line in the receipt)
671.3 - payment for heat energy spent on heating water to the required temperature (DHW heating line in the receipt)
In this example, 0.072 gigacalories of thermal energy were expended to heat one cube of hot water.
IN The value that shows how many gigacalories were required to heat 1 cubic meter of water in the billing period is called DHW heating coefficient
The heating coefficient is not the same from month to month and largely depends on the following parameters:
Cold water supply temperature. At different times of the year, the cold water temperature ranges from +2 to +20 degrees. Accordingly, in order to heat the water to the required temperature, you will have to spend a different amount of heat energy.
The total volume of water consumed per month in all areas of the house. This value is largely influenced by the number of apartments that have passed readings in the current month, recalculations and, in general, the discipline of taking readings by residents.
Heat energy consumption for hot water circulation. The circulation of water in the pipes occurs continuously, including during the hours of minimum draw-off. That is, for example, at night hot water is practically not used by residents, but thermal energy for heating water is still consumed to maintain the required temperature of hot water in heated towel rails and at the entrances to apartments. This rate is especially high in new, sparsely populated houses and stabilizes with an increase in the number of residents.
Average values of DHW heating coefficients for each block are given in the section "Tariffs and calculated coefficients"
With the arrival of cold weather, many Russians are worried about how to pay for utilities. For example, to How to calculate hot water and how often you should pay for these services. To answer all these questions, you first need to clarify whether a water meter is installed in this dwelling. If the meter is installed, then the calculation is made according to a certain scheme.
The first thing to do is to look at the receipt for utility services, which came last month. In this document, you should find the column in which the amounts of water consumed for the last month are indicated, we need figures with indicators at the end of the last reporting period.
The first thing to do is to look at the receipt for housing and communal services, which came last month
After these readings are written out, they should be entered into a new document. In this case, we are talking about a receipt for payment of utility bills for the next reporting period. As you can see, the answers to the questions, how to calculate the cost of hot water by the meter, how to determine its consumption, are quite simple. It is necessary to timely and correctly take all the readings of the water meter.
By the way, many management companies themselves enter the above information into the payment document. In this case, you do not have to look for data in old receipts. It is also necessary to remember that in situations where the water meter has just been installed and these are the first readings, the previous ones will be zeros.
The initial readings of some modern meters may not contain zeros, but some other digits.
I would also like to clarify that the initial readings of some modern meters may not contain zeros, but some other digits. In this case, in the receipt in the column where you need to indicate the previous readings, you need to leave exactly these numbers.
The process of searching for previous meter readings is very important if you need to understand the question of how to calculate hot water from the meter. Without these data, it will not be possible to correctly calculate how many cubic meters of water was used in this reporting period.
So, before starting to study the question of how to calculate the cost of hot water, you should learn how to take readings from a water meter.
Meter designations
Almost all modern counters have a scale with a minimum of 8 digits. The first 5 of which are black, while the second 3 are red.
Important
It is important to understand that only the first 3 digits are displayed on the receipt, which are black. Because this is the data of cubic meters, and it is according to them that the cost of water is calculated. But the data that is colored red is liters. They do not need to be indicated on receipts. Although these data make it possible to estimate how many liters of water a particular family consumes for a certain reporting period. Thus, you can understand whether it is worth saving on a given good or whether the expense is within the normal range. And of course, you can determine how much water is spent on taking bath procedures, and how much on washing dishes, and so on.
It is important to understand that only the first 3 digits are displayed on the receipt, which are black.
In order to correctly figure out how to calculate the tariff for hot water, you should know on which day of the month the readings of this device are taken. Here, you need to remember that the data from the water meter must be taken at the end of each reporting period, after which they must be transferred to the appropriate authority. This can be done by phone call or via the Internet.
On a note! It should be remembered that the figures are always indicated at the beginning of the reporting period (that is, those that were withdrawn last month) and at the end (these are those that are withdrawn now).
This regulation is spelled out in the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 05/06/2011, its number 354.
How to calculate the correct service?
It is no secret that the legislation of our country is constantly changing, in connection with which citizens begin to worry about the question of how to calculate hot water or any other utility costs.
If we talk specifically about water, then here one should take into account the fact that payment consists of certain terms:
- indicators of the water meter, which is located in the room and controls the flow of cold water;
- meter readings that show the consumption of hot water in a given apartment;
- indicators of the device, which calculates the consumption of cold water for all tenants;
- meter data that monitors the consumption of residents of the house, it is installed in the basement of the house;
- the share of a particular apartment in the total cost;
- the share to which a particular apartment in this house corresponds.
The penultimate indicator is the most incomprehensible, although in fact everything is quite accessible. It is taken into account when determining the amount of the resource that was spent on everyone. It is also called “common house needs”. This, incidentally, also applies to the last indicator, it is calculated when the general needs of the house are calculated.
Hot water consumption calculation
As for the first two indicators, they are quite understandable. They depend on the tenants themselves, because a person himself can choose for himself to save the consumption of a particular resource or not. But in other cases, it all depends on how often wet cleaning is performed at the entrance of the house, on the number of riser leaks, and so on.
The worst thing about this system of payments is that almost all of the general household needs are fictitious. Indeed, in every house there are tenants who incorrectly indicate their individual indicators, or, for example, one person is registered in their apartment, but five live. Then the general needs of the house should have been calculated on the basis that 3 people live in apartment No. 5, and not 1. In this case, everyone else would have to pay a little less. As you can see, the question of how to calculate hot water still needs careful research.
That is why our officials are still trying to figure out how to calculate the payment for hot water and which mechanism would be the most successful.
Does everyone have the same tariffs?
To save money, you always need to screw on the tap, if in this moment it is not necessary to use water
To do this, just go to the site of the management company or just call there. Also, such information is contained on the receipt that comes to each tenant.
After these data are found, the cost of the spent cubic meters of the resource should be calculated. Further, it is quite simple to calculate the payment for hot water, this is done in the same way as in the case of all other resources. You should take the amount of spent cubic meters and multiply by a specific tariff.
It should be noted that today there are many ways how you can save hot water consumption, thereby reducing your costs of paying for it. To do this, you can use special nozzles on the faucet, they will help not spray water so much and control the pressure power. You should also open the tap valve not at full strength, so the jet will go under less pressure, but the water will not scatter in all directions. And of course, you always need to screw on the tap, if at the moment it is not necessary to use water. For example, when a person brushes his teeth or washes his hair (while the head is soaped up or a toothbrush is being smeared, the tap with water can be closed).
All these tips will help to reduce the cost of paying for hot or cold water, thereby helping to correctly calculate the consumption of hot water.
Difference between hot and cold water calculations
Of course, there are many flaws in this formula, as in the one that takes into account the consumption of hot water. Due to the fact that general house indicators are taken into account, it is difficult to control where the difference between the individual indicators of all residents and the data that was taken from the water meter installed on the house went. Perhaps everything is really so, and all this water was used to clean the entrance. But this is hard to believe. Of course, there are tenants who deceive the state and give incorrect data, but there are also errors in the operation of the pipeline system itself (the sewers in most houses are old and can leak, so the water goes nowhere).
Hot water bill
For a long time, our government has been thinking about how to correctly calculate hot and cold water and how to improve the existing mechanism.
For example, in 2013, our authorities came to the conclusion that it is necessary to establish standard norms for general household needs and it is these data that should be taken into account when calculating the cost of one cubic meter of water. This helped a little to curb the zeal of our management companies and help the citizens of the country. You can find out these numbers from the management company. But this applies only to those cases when the tenants have entered into an agreement with the management company. If we are talking about Vodokanal, then each settlement will have its own separate fixed minimum payment. And, for example, an overpayment in this reporting period can cover the costs in the next one.
As you can see, there is a whole scheme that makes it clear how to calculate the heating of hot water or how to calculate how much to pay for the consumption of cold water.
Calculation of the cost of heat energy for heating 1 sq. meters of total area in 2017:
January-April 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 43.8285 rubles / sq. m.
May 0.0122 Gcal / sq. m * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 14.6095 rubles / sq. m
October 0.0322 * 1211.33 rubles / Gcal = 39.0048 rubles / sq. m.
November-December 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 1211.33 rubles / Gcal = 44.3347 rubles / sq.m
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply for 1 person in 2017:
January-June 0.2120 Gcal / per person per month * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 253.87 rubles / person.
July-December 0.2120 Gcal / for 1 person per month * 1211.33 rubles / Gcal = 256.80 rubles / person
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply according to the DHW meter in 2017:
January - June 0.0467 Gcal / cu. m * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 55.9233 rubles / cubic meter m.
July-December 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 1211.33 rubles / Gcal = 56.5691 rubles / cubic meter m
2016 year
Calculation of the cost of heat energy for heating 1 sq. meters of total area in 2016:
January-April 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 42.8429 rubles / sq. m.
May 0.0122 Gcal / sq. m * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 14.2810 rubles / sq.m
October 0.0322 * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 38.5595 rubles / sq. m.
November-December 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 43.8285 rubles / sq.m
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply for 1 person in 2016:
January-June 0.2120 Gcal / per person per month * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 248.16 rubles / person.
July-December 0.2120 Gcal / for 1 person per month * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 253.87 rubles / person.
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply according to the DHW meter in 2016:
January - June 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 54.6656 rubles / cubic meter m
July-December 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 1197.50 rubles / Gcal = 55.9233 rubles / cubic meter m
2015 year
Calculation of the cost of heat energy for heating 1 sq. meters of total area in 2015:
Heating consumption rate * Thermal energy tariff = the cost of thermal energy for heating 1 sq. m:
January-April 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 36.2523 rubles / sq.m
May 0.0122 Gcal / sq. m * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 12.0841 rubles / sq.m
October 0.0322 * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 37.6924 rubles / sq. m.
November-December 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 42.8429 rubles / sq.m
Calculation of the cost of services for hot water supply for 1 person in 2015:
DHW consumption rate * Heat tariff = cost of DHW service for 1 person
An example of calculating the cost of a hot water supply service for 1 person with a complete improvement of an apartment (number of storeys from 1 to 10, equipped with a sink, washbasin, bathtub 1500-1700 mm long with a shower) in the absence of hot water meters:
January-June 0.2120 Gcal / for 1 person per month * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 209.986 rubles / person
July-December 0.2120 Gcal / for 1 person per month * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 248.1608 rubles / person.
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply according to the DHW meter in 2015:
The rate of heat energy consumption for heating is 1 cubic meter. m of water * Tariff for heat energy = cost of the service for heating 1 cu. m
January - June 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 46.2564 rubles / cubic meter m
July-December 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 1170.57 rubles / Gcal = 54.6656 rubles / cubic meter m
year 2014
Calculation of the cost of heat energy for heating 1 sq. meters of total area in 2014:
Heating consumption rate * Thermal energy tariff = the cost of thermal energy for heating 1 sq. m:
January-April 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 34.2001 rubles / sq.m
May 0.0122 Gcal / sq. m * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 11.4000 rubles / sq.m
October 0.0322 Gcal / sq. m * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 31.8941 rubles / sq. m
November - December 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 36.2523 rubles / sq.m
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply for 1 person in 2014:
DHW consumption rate * Heat tariff = cost of DHW service for 1 person
An example of calculating the cost of a hot water supply service for 1 person with a complete improvement of an apartment (number of storeys from 1 to 10, equipped with a sink, washbasin, bathtub 1500-1700 mm long with a shower) in the absence of hot water meters:
January-June 0.2120 Gcal / for 1 person per month * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 198.0991 rubles / person.
July - December 0.2120 Gcal / for 1 person. per month * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 209.986 rubles / person
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply according to the DHW meter in 2014:
The rate of heat energy consumption for heating is 1 cubic meter. m of water * Tariff for heat energy = cost of the service for heating 1 cu. m
January - June 0.0467 Gcal / cu. m * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 43.6378 rubles / cubic meter m
July - December 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 990.50 rubles / Gcal = 46.2564 rubles / cubic meter m
year 2013
Calculation of the cost of heat energy for heating 1 sq. meters of total area in 2013:
Heating consumption rate
- January-April 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 31.1477 rubles / sq.m
- May 0.0122 Gcal / sq. m * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 10.3826 rubles / sq.m
- October 0.0322 Gcal / sq. m * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 30.0886 rubles / sq. m
- November - December 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 34.2001 rubles / sq.m
Calculation of the cost of services for hot water supply for 1 person in 2013:
DHW consumption rate
An example of calculating the cost of a hot water supply service for 1 person with a complete improvement of an apartment (number of storeys from 1 to 10, equipped with a sink, washbasin, bathtub 1500-1700 mm long with a shower) in the absence of hot water meters:
- January-June 0.2120 Gcal / per person per month * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 180.4184 rubles / person
- July - December 0.2120 Gcal / per person. per month * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 198.0991 rubles / person.
Calculation of the cost of the service for hot water supply according to the DHW meter in 2013:
The rate of heat energy consumption for heating is 1 cubic meter. m of water
- January - June 0.0467 Gcal / cu. m * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 39.7431 rubles / cubic meter m
- July - December 0.0467 Gcal / m3 m * 934.43 rubles / Gcal = 43.6378 rubles / cubic meter m
year 2012
Calculation of the cost of heat energy for heating 1 sq. meters of total area in 2012:
Heating consumption rate * Thermal energy tariff (supplier MUE ChKTS or OOO Mechel-Energo) = The cost of thermal energy for heating 1 sq. m
- January-April 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 747.48 rubles / Gcal = 27.3578 rubles / sq. m
- May 0.0122 Gcal / sq. m * 747.48 rubles / Gcal = 9.1193 rubles / sq. m
- October 0.0322 Gcal / sq. m * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 27.4032 rubles / sq. m
- November - December 0.0366 Gcal / sq. m * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 31.1477 rubles / sq. m
Calculation of the cost of hot water supply services for 1 person in 2012:
DHW consumption rate * Thermal energy tariff (supplier MUE ChKTS or OOO Mechel-Energo) = cost of DHW service for 1 person
An example of calculating the cost of a hot water supply service for 1 person with a complete improvement of an apartment (number of storeys from 1 to 10, equipped with a sink, washbasin, bathtub 1500-1700 mm long with a shower) in the absence of hot water meters:
- January - June 0.2120 Gcal / per person per month * 747.48 rubles / Gcal = 158.47 rubles / person.
- July - August 0.2120 Gcal / per person per month * 792.47 rubles / Gcal = 168.00 rubles / person
- September - December 0.2120 Gcal / per person per month * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 180.42 rubles / person
Calculation of the cost of hot water supply services according to the DHW meter in 2012:
The rate of heat energy consumption for heating is 1 cubic meter. m of water * Thermal energy tariff (supplier MUP ChKTS or OOO Mechel-Energo) = cost of heating service for 1 cubic meter. m
- January - June 0.0467 Gcal / cu. m * 747.48 rubles / Gcal = 34.9073 rubles / cubic meter m
- July - August 0.0467 Gcal / cu. m * 792.47 rubles / Gcal = 37.0083 rubles / cubic meter m
- September-December 0.0467 Gcal / cu. m * 851.03 rubles / Gcal = 39.7431 rubles / cubic meter m
When paying for utilities, many people are surprised to see the phrase "water heating" in the receipt. In fact, this innovation was adopted back in 2013. According to Government Decree No. 406, if there is a centralized water supply system, payment must be made at a two-component tariff.
Thus, the tariff was divided into two components: the use of cold water and heat energy. Now the calculation is made separately for two resources: water for hot water supply and heat energy. That is why a column appeared in the receipts, indicating the amount of thermal energy spent on heating cold water. However, many believe that heating charges are being levied illegally, and write complaints about housing and communal services. To make sure that this type of charge is legitimate, you should learn more about this service.
The reason for this innovation was the additional use of energy. Risers and heated towel rails connected to the hot water supply system consume thermal energy, but this consumption was not previously taken into account in the calculation of utility bills. Since the heating fee can only be charged during the heating season, heating the air through the use of a heated towel rail was not paid as a public service. The government found a way out of this situation by dividing the tariff into two components.
Equipment
If the water heater fails, the hot water bill will not increase. In this case, authorized employees of the management organization are obliged to repair the equipment urgently. But since the repair requires payment, the tenants still have to pay this amount. Despite the fact that the heating bill will remain the same, the amount of payment for the repair and maintenance of the property will be increased. This is because water heaters are part of the property of homeowners.
As for non-standard situations, when, for example, some apartments in a multi-storey building have access to hot water, and the second only to cold water, issues regarding payment for heating are resolved on an individual basis. As practice shows, often tenants are required to pay for common property that they do not use.
Thermal energy component
If with the calculation of payment for cold water everything is quite simple (carried out on the basis of the established tariff), then not everyone understands what is included in the cost of such a service as heating.
The amount to pay for a service such as water heating is calculated taking into account the following components:
- the established tariff for heat energy;
- costs required to maintain a centralized hot water supply system (from central heating points where water is heated);
- the cost of heat loss in pipelines;
- costs necessary for the transportation of hot water.
The calculation of utility bills for hot water supply is made taking into account the volume of water used, which is measured in m 3.
As a rule, the amount of required heat energy is determined on the basis of the general house values, which are shown by the hot water meters and the consumed heat energy. The amount of energy used in each room is calculated by multiplying the amount of water used (determined by the meter) by the specific consumption of heat energy. The amount of energy is multiplied by the tariff. The resulting value is the amount required to pay for what is written in the receipt as "water heating".
How to calculate yourself in 2018-2019
Heating water is one of the most expensive utilities. This is due to the fact that when heating, it is necessary to use special equipment operating from the mains. To make sure that the correct amount for payment is indicated on the receipt, you can make the calculations yourself and compare the received value with the amount indicated on the receipt. To do this, you need to find out the amount of payment for heat energy established by the regional tariff commission. Further calculations depend on the presence or absence of metering devices:
- If you have a meter installed in your apartment, then you can calculate the consumption of heat energy, focusing on its indicator.
- If there is no meter, calculations should be made based on the established standard indicators (established by the energy saving organization).
If there is a general meter for the consumption of heat energy in a residential building and individual meters installed in the apartments, the accrual of the amount for heating is calculated based on the readings of the general meter and further proportional distribution for each apartment. If there is no such device, the amount required to pay for heating is calculated based on the standard of energy consumption for heating 1 m 3 of water in the reporting month and the readings of an individual water meter.
Where to file a complaint
If the legitimacy of the additional line "water heating" in the receipts is questionable, so as not to overpay for heating, it is recommended to first contact the Criminal Code with a request to explain what this item means. Appearances new line in the receipt is legal only on the basis of the decision of the owner of the premises of the MKD. In the absence of such a decision, you should write a complaint to the GZI. After filing a claim with the Criminal Code, you must be provided with an answer with explanations within thirty days. In case of refusal to substantiate why such a service is prescribed in the receipt, a complaint should be filed with the prosecutor's office with a claim to the court. In this case, if you have already paid the amount indicated in the receipt, Article 395 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation will serve as the basis for the claim. If a refund is not required, but you still have to pay for services that you are not provided with, file a claim to exclude the water heating line. In this case, it is worth referring to Article 16 of the Law "On Protection of Consumer Rights".
The provision of utilities is regulated by the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, in particular, Federal Law No. 210 of 30.12.2004 "On the Basics of Tariff Regulation for Utilities Complex Organizations".
The rules for the provision of public utilities to citizens are approved Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 307 of 23.05.2006... In 2017-2018, there was some change in the approved ones, tariffs for hot and cold water changed. In 2019, tariffs increased in almost all regions of Russia.
Who sets the rates?
And water supply, among other things, is provided by resource supplying organizations on the basis of contracts concluded with consumers.
According to Article 157, part 2 of the LC RF, payment for water is calculated according to the approved tariffs. Tariffs are established by state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local self-government bodies in the manner prescribed by law.
Article 3, clause 3 of the Federal Law No. 210 states that the final amount of payment for water supply services is set when taking into account the approved tariff and a surcharge to it for the provision of the service.
That is, the water tariff is set by local authorities based on the current tariffs and the necessary surcharges in accordance with the limit indices in force in the given territory.
Limiting indices, established by the state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, determine the maximum and minimum boundaries of tariff changes, taking into account surcharges.
Thus, the supplying organization must calculate the costs associated with the water supply. According to this indicator and the approved tariff, the state authorities determine the final cost for the consumer.
Wherein the organization's ownership of the well does not matter, the supplier organization does not have the right to set the price higher than the maximum permissible value.
How is the fee calculated and what is included in the price of a cubic meter of water?
Paying for the supply of hot and cold water, the consumer pays not only for the water itself, but also for organizing its submission... So the price of water includes:
All costs are calculated strictly in accordance with statutory regulations.
The difference in tariffs with and without a meter
There is no difference in tariffs for the meter and without it and should not be. A cubic meter of water costs the same in any case, it is another matter that the payment for water is calculated differently.
So when using water without a metering device, it is taken as the main indicator "Water norm" per person.
This number is multiplied by the number of citizens living in the apartment, after which the total amount is calculated according to the current tariff.
In the presence of a water meter, the actual amount of consumed resource is considered, regardless of the number of registered residents.
But in this case, payment will also be required, which is distributed to all owners of individual metering devices in accordance with the volume of water they used.
Since June 2011, the decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354 of 05/06/2011 "On the provision of utilities to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings" has been in effect.
On its basis, the presence of an individual water meter in a single apartment in any way does not cancel the need to pay for the general overspending of water resources.
But since many multi-apartment residential buildings, if available, have both living quarters equipped with individual metering devices and premises without them, many consumers do not understand how the payment for water is calculated taking into account the overall resource overrun.
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 307 of May 23, 2006 defines the formula by which the payment for the provided resource is calculated when taking into account the readings of the common house water meter.
To calculate payment, the following actions are carried out:
To pay for overspending once a year, the management company adjusts payments, that is, the above formula applies. As a result, an additional amount to be paid appears in the receipts of the owners of apartments with meters.
Overconsumption of water usually occurs due to:
- excessive waste of water in rooms without a meter;
- water losses due to the faulty condition of the intra-house networks;
- inconsistent connection of individual consumers to intra-house networks, for example, for irrigation of green areas and plantings near the house;
- non-registration in the settlement system for citizens who are not officially registered, etc.
Thus, the difference between the readings of the general house meter and the actual water consumption is paid by the owners of the individual meters.
In this case, the installation of metering devices may become unprofitable, in connection with which a law was passed obliging all consumers to install water metering devices.
According to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354, all the owners of the premises had to install water meters before July 1, 2013.
In the absence of a meter from January 1, 2015, the payment for water was charged by adding 10% to the current tariff, from July 1, 2015, 20% was added to the tariff, then the amount of the additional payment was increased and adjusted, reaching 50% by January 1, 2019.
Also, the Government of Russia was developing a project that was supposed to determine social rate of water consumption... If this indicator is exceeded, then its payment is made at an increased rate.
Current consumption rates for hot and cold water
Tariffs for hot and cold water for the population are regulated by the state, that is, they are determined by regional authorities in accordance with the methodology approved by the Federal Tariff Service.
Wherein in different regions, these rates may vary significantly, depending on the cost of organizing the water supply.
Water tariff increase in 2019
According to representatives of the Russian government, the current socio-economic situation in the country is forcing enterprises that supply cold and hot water to the population to take measures to increase their tariff scale.
At the same time, it should be noted that such an increase in the cost of water supply at the level of 4.9, 4.4 and 4.1 percent is significantly lower than the previously proposed growth rates of 6.2, 6 and 4.7 percent.
Experts believe that there is simply no other way out of this situation except to increase the cost of tariffs, although the burden on the country's population is already quite serious. About 20 percent of our citizens are completely convinced that payments for water supply should not be withdrawn. Of course, everything around is becoming more expensive, there is an increase in the main energy resources, so the increase in water tariffs is a completely justified and reasonable measure.
It should also be noted that even such an increase in tariffs will not be able to cover the need for modernization and repair of the existing water supply network.
In 2019, a multiplying factor of 1.5 (or 50% of the standard) is applied to utility services for hot water supply, cold water supply and electricity supply. For 2019, the indicator has not changed.
This rule applies only to those citizens who do not have in their apartment, fixing the consumption of electricity, cold and hot water.
For consumers who do not have the technical ability to install metering devices, which is confirmed by a special act, nothing changes - they pay for consumption based on basic consumption standards, without increasing coefficients.
The main question that consumers of hot water supply and cold water supply are now asking themselves: how to avoid an increase in payment? It's simple: if it is technically possible to install individual meters, the consumer of utilities is obliged to install them, the same applies to the general house meter. In this case, the payer exempt from the use of a multiplying factor, since the calculation is made not according to the standard, but according to actual readings of metering devices.
How to get rid of unnecessary payments?
Water Meter Maintenance Fees - What Are They? Is it legal and is it possible to refuse incomprehensible payments?
The use of water, both cold and hot, is an integral part of any household in our country. At the same time, the issue of payment for services for water consumption remains open at the moment, since tariffs are constantly changing. About what is the cost of a cube of water according to the meter in 2019, will be discussed in this article.
Since this moment is relevant for many categories of the population, we will try to consider in detail all the nuances.
How are meter-based water tariffs calculated?
First of all, it is worth noting that in calculating the cost of services for water consumption, in addition to the cubic meters of water specifically consumed by the meter, a number of indicators are taken into account that are associated with the maintenance of water supply networks. These include:
- Payment for consumed electricity;
- The cost of purchasing reagents, with the help of which water is purified to indicators of compliance with sanitary standards;
- Funds that go to pay wages to employees of the vodokanal (here deductions to the Pension Fund, FSS, as well as income tax are taken into account);
- Amounts paid for the rental of premises and equipment that are in temporary operation;
- Expenses associated with the repair of water supply networks and payment of the water tax;
- Costs for waste disposal, etc.
If we consider the formation of tariffs for the consumption of water (hot and cold) with and without a meter, then there is no difference. The difference in payment arises only in the fact that in the absence of a meter in the apartment, payment for water is made based on the established consumption rates for 1 person. At the same time, to obtain the final amount to be paid, the tariff is multiplied by the number of people who live in this house. If there are meters for hot and cold water in the apartment, the water consumer only pays for the amount of water that was actually used (according to the readings of the water meter). It should be noted that the latter option is the most beneficial for both apartment owners and tenants if they have to pay for the utilities themselves in accordance with the lease agreement. The presence of water meters makes it possible to significantly save.
Now let's consider how much a cube of water costs (when paid by the meter) and how much it will be necessary to pay in 2019 for water supply services.
Hot and cold water: how much does a cubic meter of water cost in 2019?
In Russia, the function of the regulator of utility rates is assumed by the state, and rates for specific cases are under the jurisdiction of regional authorities. And this year our government decided to make a gift to our citizens and raise tariffs in two stages. At the first stage, from January 1, 2019, it will be increased by 1.7%, and at the second stage, from July 1, 2019, by 2.1%:
The cost of a cube of water according to the meter in Moscow and residents of New Moscow
For Moscow, the price for 1 cubic meter of water in 2019 from July 1 will increase by 5% in comparison with the previous year. For those who are interested in how much 1 cubic meter of water costs (according to the meter) for the first half of 2019, we inform you:
- The cost of one cube of cold water is 38.06 rubles;
- The cost of one cubic meter of hot water is 125.69 rubles.
Of course, these prices cannot be called low, but they are in line with both the standard of living and the level of wages of Muscovites.
Tariffs for cold water (drinking) and sewerage in Moscow for 2019 for the 1st and 2nd half of the year (except for Troitsky and Novomoskovsky districts)
| Consumers | Drinking water tariffs, rubles / cubic meter | Water disposal tariffs, rubles / cubic meter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 semester | 2 semester | 1 semester | 2 semester | |
| Population (VAT included) | 38,70 | 40,48 | 27,47 | 29,57 |
| Other consumers (excluding VAT) | 32,25 | 33,73 | 22,89 | 24,64 |
| Organizations of the water supply and sewerage system of the region, according to the places of fulfillment of obligations in Moscow (excluding VAT) | 23,72 | 24,81 | 19,84 | 20,75 |
Tariffs will change strongly towards higher prices only in the second half of the year from July 1, 2019. This increase was planned. It has been adjusted as part of the program for the socio-economic development of the capital until 2019.
Tariffs for cold water (drinking) and sewerage in Troitsky and Novomoskovsky districts for the first and second half of 2019
| The name of the centralized water supply and sewerage systems in the territories of the inner-city municipalities of the city of Moscow |
Name of consumers |
Tariffs (rub / m 3) |
Tariffs (rub / m 3) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking water | Wastewater disposal | Drinking water | Drainage | |||
| 1 | Shcherbinka urban district | Population (VAT included) | 22,97 | 27,89 | 26,48 | 29,57 |
| Other consumers ** | 19,14 | 23,24 | 22,07 | 24,64 | ||
| 2 | Settlements Moscow, Vnukovskoe, Voskresenskoe, Desenovskoe, Mosrentgen, Sosenskoe, Filimonkovskoe | Population (VAT included) | 38,70 | 37,30 | 40,48 | 36,55 |
| Other consumers ** | 32,25 | 31,08 | 33,73 | 30,46 | ||
| 3 | Settlements Shchapovskoe, Klenovskoe | Population (VAT included) | 29,51 | 37,99 | 32,46 | 36,85 |
| Other consumers ** | 24,59 | 31,66 | 27,05 | 30,71 | ||
| 4 | Settlements Voronovskoye, Krasnopakhorskoye (except for the village of Minzag), Mikhailovo-Yartsevskoye, Rogovskoye | Population (VAT included) | 24,12 | 39,38 | 27,54 | 38,21 |
| Other consumers ** | 20,10 | 32,82 | 22,95 | 31,84 | ||
| 5 | The village of the subsidiary farm of the Minzag of the Krasnopakhorskoye settlement | Population (VAT included) | 25,58 | 28,80 | 29,52 | 29,57 |
| Other consumers ** | 21,32 | 24,00 | 24,60 | 24,64 | ||
| 6 | Settlement Ryazanovskoe | Population (VAT included) | 22,12 | 29,18 | 25,72 | 29,57 |
| Other consumers ** | 18,43 | 24,32 | 21,43 | 24,64 | ||
| 7 | Troitsk City District | Population (VAT included) | 25,30 | 30,23 | 28,63 | 29,32 |
| Other consumers ** | 21,08 | 25,19 | 23,86 | 24,43 | ||
| 8 | Settlements Kiev, Pervomayskoe, Novofedorovskoe, Kokoshkino, Marushkinskoe | Population (VAT included) | 34,87 | 29,05 | 40,48 | 29,57 |
| Other consumers ** | 29,06 | 24,21 | 33,73 | 24,64 | ||
* - The order of the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow entered into force on January 1, 2019.
How much does a cube of hot water cost according to the meter in 2019
Relevance of the question - "How much does a cube of hot water cost over the counter?" exists only for those Russian cities that have heat supply organizations. At the same time, prices for 1 cubic meter of hot water can vary significantly. In addition to the factors that were mentioned earlier, the cost of hot water is also influenced by the price in this region for cold water, which is purchased for the purpose of heating by heating networks.
Hot water tariffs on the territory of the city of Moscow, with the exception of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts of the city
Heat tariffs for the population of Moscow, with the exception of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts of Moscow
| P / p No. | Name of company | Heat tariffs for the population of the city of Moscow, including VAT (rubles / Gcal) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Joint Stock Company of Energy and Electrification "Mosenergo" - tariff for consumers connected to the heat network without additional conversion at heat points operated by a heat supply organization | 1773,19 |
| 2 | Public Joint Stock Company "Moscow United Energy Company", subsidiaries and dependent on the specified organization of the company - the tariff for consumers connected to the heat network without additional conversion at heat points operated by the heat supply organization | 1806,89 |
| 3 | Public Joint Stock Company "Moscow United Energy Company", subsidiaries and dependent on the specified organization of the company - the tariff for consumers connected to the heating network after heating points (at heating points) operated by a heat supply organization | 2279,95 |
Hot water tariffs in Troitsky and Novomoskovsky districts
MUP "Troitskteploenergo" to consumers using closed hot water supply systems
2019 tariffs for industrial water for consumers of Mosvodokanal JSC
| Consumer groups | Tariff validity period | Tariff, (RUB / m 3) |
|---|---|---|
| Population (VAT included) | 8,98 | |
| — | ||
| Other consumers ** | I half of the year - from 01.01.2019 to 30.06.2019 | 7,61 |
| II half of the year - from 01.07.2019 to 31.12.2019 | 8,02 |
* - The resolution of the Regional Energy Commission of the city of Moscow entered into force on January 1, 2019;
** - the tariffs do not include value added tax.
Drinking water (drinking water supply) and sewerage tariffs
for consumers of Mosvodokanal JSC in the Moscow Region *
| Type of service (product) | Tariff actions for the 1st and 2nd half of the year | |
|---|---|---|
| from 01.01.2019 to 30.06.2019 | from 01.07.2019 to 31.12.2019 | |
| Drinking water ** (rub / m 3) | 21,94 | 22,82 |
| Water disposal ** (RUB / m 3) | 17,68 | 18,39 |
| Transportation of water for JSC "Vodokanal" g. Korolev ** (rub / m 3) | 4,05 | 4,46 |
* - Order of the Committee on Prices and Tariffs of the Moscow Region dated December 19, 2018 No. 373-r entered into force on 01.01.2019;
** - the tariffs do not include value added tax.
Note :
- The tariffs for drinking water and sewerage are applied to consumers connected to the water supply and sewerage system of the city of Moscow on the territory of the Moscow region;
- On the basis of the Decree of the Moscow Government dated May 22, 2016 No. 103-PP, the Regional Energy Commission of the city of Moscow was abolished with the assignment of functions and powers to the Department of Economic Policy and Development of the City of Moscow.
As for other cities, the tariffs there will be different. Let's consider them further.
The cost of 1 cubic meter of cold water and hot water according to the meter for cities of Russia for 2019
How much is 1 cubic meter of cold water and hot water for large cities of Russia for the 1st half of 2019, you can find in the table below.
| Price for water according to the meter in Russian cities | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| City | Cold water price | Wastewater disposal | Hot water price |
| Moscow | 38.70 rubles / cubic meter | 23.43 rubles / cubic meter | 188.53 rubles / cubic meter - JSC "MOEK" |
| St. Petersburg | 30.60 rubles / cubic meter | 30.60 rubles / cubic meter | 106.53 rubles / cubic meter |
| Barnaul | 19.45 rubles / cubic meter | 12.66 rubles / cubic meter | Component for cold water - 31.40 rubles / cu. m Component for thermal energy - 2207.46 rubles / Gcal |
| Yekaterinburg | 35.77 rubles / cubic meter | 22.03 rubles / cubic meter | 124.92 rubles / cubic meter |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 18.29 rubles / cubic meter | 14.16 rubles / cubic meter | 87.42 rubles / cubic meter |
| Kazan | 18.19-56.41 rubles / cubic meter | 18.65 - 71.32 rubles / cubic meter | 137.79 rubles / cubic meter |
| Kaliningrad | 24.62 rubles / cubic meter | 19.90 rubles / cubic meter | — |
| Krasnoyarsk | 24.95 rubles / cubic meter | 15.96 rubles / cubic meter | component for thermal energy - 1702.16 rubles / Gcal component for the coolant - 41.90 rubles / cubic meter |
| Omsk | 16.33 rubles / cubic meter | 19.92 rubles / cubic meter | component for cold water, rubles / cubic meter - 16.33 component for thermal energy, rubles / Gcal - 1,902.54 |
| Permian | 33.03 rubles / cubic meter | 21.67 rubles / cubic meter | LLC Perm Grid Company - 159.12 rubles / cubic meter PJSC "T Plus" - 126.02 rubles / cubic meter PJSC "T Plus" zone PTETs-14 - 158.72 rubles / cubic meter |
| Rostov-on-Don | 42.59 rubles / cubic meter | 29.23 rubles / cubic meter | Component for cold water, rubles / cubic meter m, - 42.59 Component for thermal energy, rubles / Gcal - 2614.52 |
| Ufa | 25.43 rubles / cubic meter | 30.29 rubles / cubic meter | Thermal energy component - 2092.32 rubles. for 1 Gcal Cold water component - 25.43 rubles. for 1 m3 |
*** - tariffs for different districts of the city and region, depending on the service provider.
The following average rates for cold and hot water supply apply:
- The cost of 1 cubic meter of cold water in Russian cities ranges from 16 rubles. up to 56 rubles.
- The cost of 1 cubic meter of hot water ranges from 87 rubles. and higher.
Separately, it should be noted that benefits are fully preserved. The following categories of citizens are preferential:
- Pensioners;
- Veterans;
- Persons with disabilities (of any degree);
- Other categories that can count on social protection.
In order for the above categories of the population to be able to use subsidies and benefits when paying for utilities in the future, the government has allocated more than 80 billion rubles.
In addition, it should be borne in mind that at the end of 2017, there was some adjustment of the legislation. Now, in apartments and houses where it was possible to install water meters, but the tenants refused to do this, the water rates when billing for water consumption will be multiplied by a multiplying coefficient. From this we can conclude that the installation of individual water meters will help to significantly save on payment for water consumption in 2019.
From the above information, we can conclude that residents of Russian regions will have to pay more for water only from the second half of 2019. Of course, any increase in tariffs cannot be called a pleasant moment for the population. However, if you have installed water meters and you know how much a cube of water costs according to the meter, then this increase will not significantly affect your well-being.
If you are not able to pay utility bills, then it is worth contacting the appropriate authorities for obtaining subsidies. Such subsidies, if allocated, will be able to partially cover the cost of paying utility bills.
In addition to the above information, we suggest that you watch the video on how to calculate the cost of 1 cubic meter of hot water.
In conclusion, it should be noted that payment of bills at the rates established in the region should be made in a timely manner. In this case, the controlling services will not have any claims against you.
Dear users! Please note that in the absence or delay in the date of verification of the water meter, you need to submit the meter verification certificates to your management organization. If the package of documents has already been transferred to the managing organization, and the possibility of entering testimony has not been resumed, we recommend that you contact the Center for Public Services.
The service allows you to transfer the readings of water meters, find out the dates of the calibration of the meters and view the archive of the transmitted readings.
When you first contact the electronic service, you need to submit the primary readings of water meters in the Center of Public Services of your area.
It is recommended to transmit the readings of the consumption of hot and cold water from the 15th of the current to the 3rd next month otherwise they will be taken into account in the next billing period.
Who can apply for the service
Service cost and payment procedure
Is free
List of required information
- Payer's code (the payer's code can be found in the upper right corner on the receipt of the Unified Payment Document intended for paying for housing and communal services)
- Apartment number
- Water consumption readings (units of water flow in cubic meters (m3))
- You cannot enter readings if you have a new meter installed. In this case, you need to contact the GKU IS of your area / management organization serving your house to transfer the documentation and enter primary indications
- You cannot enter readings if in the last 3 months you have not entered readings through the Portal. To resume the possibility of transferring testimony, you must contact the GKU IS / MFC of your area
- It is possible to skip the transfer of readings, but not more than for 2 months. The readings for the missed months will be taken into account in the next billing period
- The readings entered outside the recommended period (from the 15th day of the current month to the 3rd day of the next month inclusive) are not taken into account when calculating the charges of the current period. In this case, the readings are taken into account in the next billing period.
- You cannot enter readings less than the calibration readings (you can see the calibration readings under the "?" Sign opposite the meter name)
- You can not enter readings less than the previous reading
- It is possible to enter only numbers and a separating character (period or comma), up to seven whole characters and three decimal places
- The entered reading should not exceed the standard by several times (the water consumption standard for 1 person is 11.68 m3 / month: 6.935 m3 / month - cold water, 4.745 m3 / month - hot water)
