He noted that "in the electric power industry, the reduction in consumption was not as sensitive as in the oil and gas sector."
According to him, "the demand decreased to a maximum of 9-10%, today this demand has already been partially restored."
“And we even see that in the last two or three weeks it is higher than last year, the demand for electricity. Therefore, we hope that the market will be restored here by the end of the year, ”the minister added.
Earlier Igor Kokin, an expert on housing legislation of Russia, a specialist in the field of municipal law, local self-government organization, in an interview with FBA "Economics Today" commented on the situation with tariffs for housing and communal services.
According to him, “in order to understand why it is impossible to leave the housing and communal services industry without increasing tariffs, it is important to know what its structure and production of utilities are, we are talking about electricity, water, gas, heating”.