For cases of untimely and/or incomplete payment for energy resources (gas, electricity, utility resources), Federal Law No. 307-ФЗ sets forth the possibility to apply the following legal measures:

1. Collection of a penalty in a fixed amount. The amount of the legal penalty is set depending on the consumer. Thus, for example, the gas consumer shall pay a penalty to the supplier at the rate of one hundred and thirtieth of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation effective on the date of actual payment from the outstanding amount for each day in arrears starting from the day following the due date to the date of actual payment. And partnerships of homeowners, housing, housing and housing construction, and other specialized consumer cooperatives that purchase gas for the purpose of provision of utilities, in case of late and/ or incomplete payment for gas, shall pay a penalty to the supplier at the rate of one three hundredth of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation effective on the date of actual payment from the outstanding amount for each day in arrears starting from the thirty-first day following the due date to the date of actual payment made within ninety calendar days from the due date of payment, or to the expiry date of the ninety-day period after the due date if the payment is not made within ninety days.2. Reduction or termination of energy supply in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation.3. Provision by the consumers who fall under a special list of criteria established by the Government of the Russian Federation of security for fulfillment of the obligations to pay for energy resources supplied under the supply contracts. Unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, the security for fulfillment of the obligations to pay for energy resources in these cases is provided by the consumers in the form of an independent guarantee issued by a bank (bank guarantee). It should be noted that, as agreed with the supplier, a state or municipal guarantee may be provided or the payment obligations may be secured by other means provided for by law or by contract.

The law specifies that this obligation shall not be established for the consumers acting as the public authorities, the municipal authorities, state, autonomous and budget-funded institutions, owners and users (lawful owners) of residential buildings and premises in apartment buildings, management companies, partnerships of homeowners, housing, housing and housing construction, and other specialized consumer cooperatives that were formed to meet the housing needs of the public and act in accordance with housing laws.

4. Bringing the energy consumers to administrative liability for violation of the procedure for complete and/or partial restriction of the electricity consumption, the rules for restriction of gas supply and extraction, or the procedure for interruption or restriction of water supply and/ or disposal, transportation of water and/or sewage, and for violation of the established procedure for provision of the security for fulfillment of the obligations to pay for electricity (capacity) and/or heat carrier associated with a failure to fulfill (improper fulfillment of) the obligations to pay for them.5. Implementation of federal energy supervision with regard to the consumers of electricity, except for the activities of the consumers of electricity associated with the operation of power receiving devices used for domestic needs as well as other power receiving devices the total maximum power of which does not exceed 150 kilowatts with a rated voltage up to 1,000 volts and which are connected to the same power supply.6. Imposition of additional obligations in accordance with clause 7.1., Article 38 of the Law the On Electric Power Industry and the requirement to fulfill them.