Аннотация | Proper legal regulation of energy resources metering is based on the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation set forth in Part 1, Article 9 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation documenting that the land and other natural resources shall be used and protected in Russia as the foundation of life and activity of the peoples inhabiting the corresponding territory, and Article 58 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation establishing the obligation of each person to protect the nature and the environment and treat natural resources with due care. General provisions on the energy resources metering procedure are documented in Article 13 of Federal Law dd. November 23, 2009, No. 261-ФЗ On Energy Saving and Enhancement of Energy Efficiency and on Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation. The metering requirements for particular types of energy resources are documented in Federal Law dd. March 26, 2003, No. 35-ФЗ On the Electric Power Industry, Federal Law dd. July 27, 2010, No. 190-ФЗ On Heat Supply, the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, and in subordinate regulatory legal acts. An efficient legal regulation of social relations arising in connection with metering of the supplied and consumed energy resources is aimed at ensuring the balance of interests of the suppliers and the consumers and minimizing disputable situations in making settlements between the energy resources suppliers and consumers. At the same time, today a considerable amount of disputes arise due to the controversies in the settlements regarding the supplied and consumed energy resources, energy resources non-metered consumption, and various construction of the regulations of material law. These disputes are typical for various branches of energy industry and concern various consumer categories, both legal entities and individuals. The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation considered a case on verification of the constitutionality of part 1, Article 157 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, paragraphs three and four, Clause 42 of Rules for Utility Services Provision to Owners and Users of Premises in Apartment blocks and Dwelling Houses. Acts of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation constitute the crucial source of energy law. In this connection, legal analysis of the conclusions made by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in Regulation dd. July 10, 2018, No. 30-П seems topical. The Regulation adopted is essentially relevant for resolution of disputable situations and further development of legal regulation in the sphere of heat supply. |