Russian electricity going off the gas.

The major Russian producers of electricity may face restrictions on gas supplies, wrote on Tuesday, 10 February, "Kommersant". The publication said that the massive turn off the gas for the debts of the last time occurred after the 1998 crisis.
According to Kommersant, 15 February to reduce gas supplies to OAO TGK-9 to 50 percent of oil and gas company may Itera, which has power to about 1.4 billion rubles for delivered fuel. Other gas traders also impose restrictions that are already affected some customers in the regions.
In a publication of the letter was a copy of the Chairman of the Board of Directors NGK Itera Igor Makarov to the Governor and the head of the Government of Sverdlovsk Region Eduard Rossel and Victor Koksharova. The letter stated that the arrears of Sverdlovsk region of gas at the beginning of February was 4.862 trillion rubles (about 134.6 million dollars). In doing so, the biggest consumer of gas field, the company TGK-9, failed to pay ZAO Uralsevergaz "(70 percent owned by Itera, 30 per cent - Administration of Sverdlovsk region) gas for December-January in the amount of 1508 billion rubles (about 41,5 million dollars ). Letter, as the edition dated February 6.
The letter also says that "since 9-THC has refused to pay for the consumption of natural gas," Uralsevergaz "forced in the prescribed manner to 15.02.09 begin imposing restrictions on the supply of gas." The press-service "Itera" "Kommersant" confirmed that the restriction on the supply of gas will be introduced gradually to 50 percent.
According to the Kommersant, from other suppliers of gas until such default is not serious. According to the director of ZAO "Trans Nafta" Sergei Stepanov, his company has some debtors, but it is small, consumers and small amounts of debt, so all the issues "addressed in due course." According to the edition, currently limits the time non-payers only "Mezhregiongaz" (a subsidiary of Gazprom, working with customers all over Russia), in particular, now nedopostavlyaetsya gas in Samara and Ulyanovsk region. This was told Kommersant source in the company.