A regular meeting of the Tariff Policy Council was held in the MNE.

On November 27, this year, under the chairmanship of the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Ruslan Dalenov, a meeting of the Tariff Policy Council was held to discuss topical issues in the areas of natural monopolies.

This time it was held online through the "ZOOM" application, taking into account the epidemiological situation in the country.

The online meeting was attended by deputies of the two chambers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of central state bodies, local executive bodies, subjects of natural monopolies, the leadership of the Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies, as well as non-governmental organizations.

The subject of discussion of the third meeting was: reducing the burden of paying for utilities for the population in 2020, ensuring control over the implementation of tariff estimates and investment programs based on the results of consideration of reports of natural monopolies for 2019; the impact of the increase in marginal tariffs for electric energy of energy-producing organizations on the price for the final consumer; consideration of applications for approval of maximum tariff levels and investment programs of natural monopoly entities that are included in the Republican section of the State Register of Natural Monopoly Entities, as well as curbing the growth of utility tariffs for the population in 2021.

The Head of the economic department, welcoming the participants of the meeting, focused on the fact that the Head of State and the Government pay important attention to transparency and openness of the tariff formation process, as well as control over the targeted use of consumer funds.

Chairman of the Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies Asan Darbayev reported on the work done to ensure control over the implementation of tariff estimates and investment programs of subjects, and also informed the members of the Council about maintaining the level of tariffs for the population at the level of 2020.

In addition, special attention was paid to the discussion of new tariff limits and investment programs of natural monopoly entities - JSC " NC "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" and JSC "KazTransOil".

In addition, due to the updating and expansion of the composition in all regions, the relevant changes and additions to the personal composition of the Regional Commissions under the Tariff Policy Council were approved.

As a result of the meeting, taking into account the comments of the Council members, proposals will be developed aimed at improving the regulation of natural monopolies, tariff formation and state control of investment obligations.