VEGAS LEX discusses energy supply to industrial facilities and environmental management at Basic Ele

On December 14-15, 2016, VEGAS LEX experts spoke at a
conference organized for executives of the energy and engineering divisions of Basic
Element Group in Nizhny Novgorod.

On December 14, 2016 Senior Associate of the VEGAS LEX Energy practice Nikolay Linchenko spoke at the
conference, Energy Efficiency and
Environmental Management, in Nizhny Novgorod. His presentation, Current Legal Aspects of Power Supply to
Industrial Facilities, covered the progress of the heat supply market
reform; the altered criteria for territorial grid companies; the parties’
liabilities under the technological connection contract; ways to improve the payment
discipline; and renewable energy, such as power generation from production and
consumption waste.

On December 15, 2016, Counsel of VEGAS LEX Energy practice Yuriy Tatarinov spoke at the Environmental
Management conference, which focused on changes of environmental legislation to
come into force in 2017.

Mr. Tatarinov presented the strategy of the government’s domestic
environmental policy focusing on three main points: environmental protection, a
comprehensive strategy for the management of solid municipal (household) waste,
water supply and sanitation. The expert drew attention to the need for
industrial environmental monitoring and inventory of facilities that have a
negative impact on the environment, on methods of legal regulation of waste
disposal facilities’ operation. He also explained the procedure of elimination of
cumulative effect and environmental damage, and the new rules for solid
municipal waste treatment.

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