The next meeting of the Tariff Policy Council was held

The next meeting of the Tariff Policy Council was held

Today, under the chairmanship of Vice Minister of National Economy Azamat Amrin, a regular meeting of the Tariff Policy Council was held with the participation of deputies of the two chambers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of central state bodies, local executive bodies, the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs "Atameken", the leadership of the Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies, as well as non-governmental organizations.

"In order to ensure uninterrupted and high-quality provision of public services, significant investments are required, which can inevitably lead to an increase in tariffs. However, it is necessary to make decisions taking into account the maintenance of a balance of interests between consumers and subjects of natural monopolies," Azamat Amrin said.

Chairman of the Tariff Department Asan Darbayev told about the results of the activities of the Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopolies for 2021 and the projected cumulative contribution to inflation from tariffs in 2022.

The Chairman of the  reported on the measures taken to contain and prevent the growth of tariffs for the population in the first quarter of 2021, as well as to ensure that the contribution to inflation from tariffs for regulated utilities remains at 0.11% by the end of 2020.

Aslan Darabayev also noted that the agency will continue to work in terms of a positive contribution to inflation from tariffs for regulated utilities in 2022.

In addition, the composition of 17 regional commissions has been expanded and updated once again, due to personnel changes in a number of organizations and authorized bodies, and their personal composition has been supplemented, in order to attract a larger circle of people to consider tariff issues.

The main tasks of the regional commissions are, inter alia, to discuss and develop recommendations for draft investment programs, to hear reports on the implementation of approved tariff estimates, to make proposals for determining the method of tariff regulation, etc.

Following the meeting of the Council, Azamat Amrin gave instructions for the Committee to continue its work in terms of fair tariff setting, ensuring high-quality and reliable provision of public services, as well as ensuring control over the targeted use of funds by monopolists.