pic related: in the eu, the cost of electricity for industry is lower than for the population, and the share of taxes in the tariff is very high. tax benefits are provided for a number of consumers > sergey beloborodov, vice-president of the np energy efficient city, candidate of technical sciences, acted as a myth buster. > sergey sergeevich, whats wrong with the usual idea of cross-subsidization in the russian energy sector? > when there are disputes about cross-subsidization, usually only one of its varieties is considered, namely the differentiation of the cost of electrical energy by voltage levels. differences in categories of reliability of power supply to consumers are not taken into account. but this is wrong: ensuring greater reliability gives greater consumer value and is objectively more expensive. > the reliability of power supply for different categories of consumers differs in both quantitative and qualitative indicators. the first indicators include the number of independent mutually redundant sources, the second is the time to restore power supply. > a special group of the first category of consumers provides power from three independent, mutually redundant sources; for these purposes, a network infrastructure capacity reserve of 200 percent is required. the required capacity reserve for the first and second categories is 100 percent, and for the third category there is no reserve. > the qualitative indicators of reliability of power supply to consumers of the first category are much better than to consumers of the second and third groups. for the first category, restoration is carried out automatically, and for the second - manually. the recovery time for consumers of the first category is determined by the activation time of the automation. the recovery time for consumers of the second category can be several hours, and for the third category - up to 24 hours. 3/?
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