The last few years in Russian Federation There is a gradual transition to a two-component tariff for hot water u. Management companies need to understand this issue for two reasons. Firstly, you need to correctly calculate payments and make settlements with the RSO and the owners. Secondly, we have to answer questions from residents about why the payment for hot water supply is now shown in two lines on receipts. In the article we studied this issue in detail and gave examples of how it works new system tariffs.
Features of using a two-component tariff when calculating payment for hot water supply
Until 2012, the cost of a cubic meter of hot water in Russia was uniform. The rules changed with the introduction of a two-component tariff for domestic hot water when government decree No. 1149 of November 8, 2012 came into force. New charging rules have recently been in effect in many federal subjects, including the Moscow region.
What is the essence of a two-component tariff for hot water?
The use of a two-component tariff assumes that the cost of a cubic meter of hot water for a consumer is determined based on two components:
- cold water as a coolant;
- heat as a resource used to heat it.
Volume required cold water calculated according to meter readings and calculated in cubic meters. The second component is considered a little more complicated. Here you need to take the volume of water taken into account by the PU and multiply it by the standard for heat consumption for heating.
When using the old one-component tariff for hot water, the engineering features of multi-storey buildings were not always taken into account. As a result, in certain regions, including the Moscow region, situations arose where management companies were forced to pay resource supply organizations more than they received from apartment owners for this resource.
Representatives of the housing and communal services industry consider the two-component tariff for hot water, which appeared in the Rules for the provision of utilities(PP No. 354 of 05/06/2011) from 2016, more economically justified. The unified tariff for hot water supply did not take into account the actual temperature of hot water that supplied to citizens’ apartments. Regulators usually prescribed maximum indicators in the tariff rate, and consumers often received barely warm water. At the same time, of course, it had to be paid at full rate.
The use of two-component tariffs for hot water is regulated by paragraph 42 of Regulation No. 354. To perform the calculation, formulas 23 and 24 are used, given in Appendix No. 2 of this regulatory act.
Why was there a need for a two-component tariff?
Cold water consumption in residential buildings is somewhat different from how hot water consumption by citizens is taken into account. In the first case, it is enough to use the readings of individual metering devices. For cold water, there are purity requirements; otherwise, residents pay only for the volume consumed.
WITH hot water the situation is somewhat more complicated, since here we add additional parameter, which the supplier needs to take into account is temperature. IN last years citizens, with the support of regulatory authorities, learned to defend their rights regarding the provision of hot water supply. If the water flowing from the tap is not hot enough (temperature less than +60ºС), then this circumstance is recorded by inspection, and the management company is forced to make recalculations with a reduction in the fee.
- In what cases can management companies, homeowners' associations, residential complexes, housing cooperatives apply a two-component tariff for hot water?
- How to switch to a two-component tariff for hot water supply services in the case of preparing hot water using ITP?
- What does the fee for hot water supply consist of in the case of a two-component hot water tariff?
An analysis of the situation showed that more than 40 percent of the thermal energy when providing hot water to an apartment building is spent not on its direct consumption, but on circulation in the pipes. The water supplied to the house is not consumed in full and is returned to the heat exchanger, where it is heated by boiling water supplied from the resource supplying organization. It cools down as it moves. If little water is consumed, then such heat losses can be so significant that they will not be covered by residents paying a single-component tariff simply for the volume consumed.
The hot water tap may not open at all in the apartment, but it will still consume energy. The simplest example of this is heated towel rails connected to the DHW system. Previously, the consumption of thermal energy by these devices was not taken into account when calculating payment for heat treatment. Payment for heat can only be charged during the heating season, so heated towel rails and risers heated the air in apartments without paying for it as a utility service.
As a result, the question arose about making changes to the calculations by which payments for hot water are calculated for residents of multi-storey buildings. However, the following points had to be decided:
- what formula to use to distribute between consumers the volume of heat spent on hot water circulation;
- what to call a utility service for payment of such thermal energy that will be included in the receipt.
Heat supply organizations offered various options decisions that were inconsistent with each other.
1. Do not use the heating standard for one cubic meter of hot water, since PP No. 354 does not regulate the distribution of heat costs.
2. Use the standard for calculating charges for hot water supply only in those apartment complexes where there is no DPPU.
3. Calculate the payment for hot water according to the standard, and set the heat loss for circulation to the Criminal Code in accordance with clause 21.1 (a) of PP No. 124 of February 14, 2012.
Changing the tariff for hot water supply as a solution to the problem
Further discussions of the issue and practical attempts to solve it showed that the formula for calculating the cost of hot water should have two components.
First, you need to pay for water consumption itself, which, with a two-component tariff, includes the price of cold water and the cost of heating it.
The formula for calculating the cost of heating water is simple: the amount of heat to heat one cubic meter is multiplied by the volume consumed. In this case, it is taken into account that the water must be heated to the required temperature. regulations+60ºС. Tariffs for thermal energy are set by regional authorities.
Secondly, it is necessary to pay for the heat spent on circulation in the hot water supply system. To do this, the total amount of heat recorded by the domestic hot water meter is taken, from which the energy for heating the water consumed by residents and spent on common household needs is subtracted according to the standard.
When charging for thermal energy for hot water supply, it is necessary to take into account the total area of the premises, as is done in calculations for heating. It is wrong to use only the area of apartments here, since heat losses during circulation occur, including in public areas.
Current tariffs based on the example of the Moscow region
In Moscow and Moscow Region, from July 1, 2018, there were regular increases in hot water tariffs for the population. This also affected two-component tariffs. There are no uniform rates for hot water supply in the region, since there are more than 900 resource supply organizations operating here. As a result, more than 2,000 tariffs in the housing and communal services sector have to be revised annually in the Moscow region.
According to current legislation, the reasonable costs of each enterprise must be taken into account separately. They are the basis for the formation of tariffs.
Municipalities in the Moscow region are heterogeneous. Closer to the capital there are compact cities with high density population, on the outskirts there are administrative entities with a large territory and a significantly smaller number of inhabitants. This means that in remote settlements we need network engineering long distances, along which a smaller volume of resources will be supplied. The costs of servicing such communications are higher, which is directly reflected in the tariffs.
In addition, tariff rates for similar services differ due to:
- features technological process production and delivery of resources;
- uneven level of network modernization;
- differences in the amount of resources sold.
As an example, here are the tariffs for hot water supply in several municipalities of the Moscow region.
Payment for each component is transferred to different recipients. Usually they pay for cold water to the water utility, and for thermal energy - to a branch of MOEK or Mosenergo.
About standards
When calculating the payment for hot water supply according to a two-component tariff, the standard for the consumption of thermal energy for heating 1 cubic meter is used. m of water. These numbers are set regional authorities. The Tariff Office of a constituent entity of the federation divides the territory of the region into climatic zones depending on the timing of the heating season. In addition, when developing parameters, the following technical and design features houses:
- does the hot water supply system have an external network;
- whether the risers have been thermally insulated;
- Are there heated towel rails in the apartments?
Each parameter has its own coefficient, indicating the intensity of heat loss in hot water pipes.
The house is assigned certain indicators as a whole, without taking into account the design features of the pipes in each specific apartment. If the apartment building was originally equipped with heated towel rails, but one of the owners cut it off, then the formula for calculating the cost of hot water will not be recalculated for him.
The government is implementing a gradual transition to a two-component tariff for hot water supply in cities and regions of the Russian Federation. At first, both the old tariff rate, which takes into account only cubic meters of water consumed, and the new tariff rate may be in effect. However, a consistent process of change is underway, and outdated single-component tariffs remain a thing of the past. During the transition period, the final decision on the use of one or another payment system remains with management and resource supply organizations. At the same time, a deadline is set for the final transition, after which there will be no choice left.
There is no clear answer to the question of whether the application of a two-component tariff will cause an increase in payments. It will indeed be more difficult to calculate the fee, but this does not mean that the resource will become more expensive. The country has a maximum index for changes in fees for housing and communal services, and prices cannot rise above it, including due to a revision of the tariff system.
Today, February 6, Tatyana Nestratova, head of the socio-economic development department of the city of Lyubertsy, spoke about the principles of pricing. According to her, fees for utility services are calculated based on the volume of consumed utilities, determined by meter readings, and in their absence, by standards.
The procedure for calculating and paying fees for utility services is defined in the Rules for the provision of utility services, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 354.
Let us now examine the issue of determining heating fees:
Organs state power subjects of the Russian Federation, i.e. The ministries of the Moscow region, by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 857, are allowed to make a decision on the use of thermal energy consumption standards for heating that were in force until June 30, 2012 in calculations for heating.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Housing and Communal Services of the Moscow Region has secured the ability of management and resource supply organizations to apply thermal energy consumption standards for heating that were in force until June 30, 2012 when paying for heating.
In our city it is 0.0145 Gcal/m2.
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1380 determined that this decision valid until July 1, 2016.
That is, the procedure for paying for heating in residential buildings does not change.
In houses that are not equipped with communal heating meters, heating charges are calculated according to the standard.
For example:
Apartment 55 sq.m.
The standard for thermal energy consumption for heating 1 m2 is 0.0145 Gcal/m2.
Heating tariff:
1991.13 rub/Gcal X 0.0145 Gcal/m2 = 28.87 rub/m2
Total heating fee:
In houses equipped with communal heating meters, the heating fee is calculated based on the average monthly consumption of thermal energy for heating for the previous year.
Wherein Management Company makes adjustments to the heating fee once a year.
For example:
Apartment 55 sq.m.
The average monthly volume of thermal energy consumption for heating 1 m2 is 0.0145 Gcal/m2.
Total heating fee:
55m2 X 28.87 RUR/m2 = 1588 RUR.
However, a common house meter showed that in fact it took not 0.0145 Gcal/m2, but 0.0150 Gcal/m2, to heat 1m2 of living space.
Accordingly, the management company at the end of the year - usually this happens in January - issues an additional payment for the actually consumed resource.
In our example - about 1100 rubles.
I emphasize - once a year.
According to the Lyubertsy Housing Trust, such a recalculation was made in 556 residential buildings, of which 276 were upward, and 280 were downward.
Further. In November and December 2014, representatives of the city administration and the largest management companies spoke on television, radio, and in print media and explained to residents that from January 1, 2015, the procedure for calculating heating fees is changing, i.e. residents of residential buildings,
equipped with common house heating metering devices, had to switch to payment from 1/12 - equal shares monthly to 1/7 - only during the heating period.
However, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1380 postponed the introduction of this norm until July 1, 2016.
For hot water.
In the city, all houses are equipped with communal water meters.
We have repeatedly explained to residents that
The Committee on Prices and Tariffs established a two-component tariff:
Cold water component
Component for thermal energy.
Cold water component- this is the volume of cold water for hot water supply needs. Determined in the presence of individual metering devices - according to the readings of the hot water metering device, in the absence of an individual metering device - according to the standard - 3.5 m3/person. per month.
Example.
Tariff for cold water - 30.27 rubles/m3;
Individual metering device - 3 m3
30.27 rub/m3 X 3 m3 = 90.81 rub/m3.
Without individual metering device - 3.5 m3
Total component for hot water:
30.27 rub/m3 X 3.5 m3 = 105.95 rub/m3.
Thermal energy component :
Tariff for production 1 Gcal - 1991.13 rub/Gcal
The standard for heating cold water is the amount of thermal energy required to heat 1 m3 of cold water to 60 degrees - 0.055 gcal/m3 (in the absence of a common house heat meter).
1991.13 rub/Gcal X 0.055 gcal/m3 = 109.51 rub/m3.
If there is a common house heat meter.
The thermal energy component for the needs of hot water supply is determined according to the readings of a common house hot water flow meter. The amount of thermal energy recorded by a common house meter is distributed in proportion to the consumed volume of hot water.
The costs of heating cold water to 60 degrees in the absence of a common house heat meter add up:
Tariff for production 1 Gcal - 1991.13 rub/Gcal
The actual amount of thermal energy that was used to heat 1 m3 of cold water to 60 degrees is 0.065 gcal/m3.
1991.13 rub/Gcal X 0.065 gcal/m3 = 129.42 rub/m3.
- The total cost of consumed hot water with an individual water meter and the absence of a common house meter:
90.81 rub/m3 + 109.5 rub/m3 = 200.31 rub/m3
- The total cost of consumed hot water in the absence of an individual water meter and the absence of a common house meter:
105.95 rub/m3 + 109.5 rub/m3 = 215.45 rub/m3
- The total cost of consumed hot water in the presence of an individual water meter and a common house meter:
90.81 rub/m3 +129.42 rub/m3 = 220.29 rub/m3
The system of payment for consumed hot water that existed until 2014 had a lot of shortcomings on the part of the tariff compilers, due to which heat supply companies suffered losses and, after re-calculating the payment for hot water supply, a two-component tariff was proposed.
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How a two-component calculation is formed
The main difference between this tariff is the division of costs into two items. Since the hot water system is essentially cold water heated to the standard temperature, then, accordingly, the first part of the tariff includes a fee for the used cold water. And the second - for the thermal energy used to heat it.
Prices vary depending on type DHW systems. If the source of hot water is heating system, then the tariff includes the cost of chemical treatment liquids and overhead costs of the heat supply organization.
The preparation of hot water in ITP is indicated in payment receipts as DHW and DHW heating, that is, the tariff is calculated for closed system hot water supply.
For those who have a water meter, the formula is as follows:
Where V is the volume of hot water consumed over the calculated period. T – tariff in rubles/cubic meter. m.
For those who do not have a water meter, the formula is as follows:
Where n is the number of people living. N – standard consumption of hot water supply per person. T – tariff in rubles/cubic meter. m.
How can a consumer influence the payment for hot water supply?
The payment item for hot water supply is usually the most expensive after the amount charged for heating. But if the situation with heating is more complicated, then each section of the DHW tariff, when analyzed in depth, is subject to revision and a thrifty owner can develop a savings scheme for himself according to the following approximate plan:
- The amount of used hot water on the meter can only be affected by careful handling and elimination of leaks. If there is no meter, it is better to compare the amount of payment according to the standard and the number of cubic meters of water used, for example, among neighbors with the same number of family members. According to statistics, calculating hot water supply using a meter reduces the payment amount by 1.5 times.
- The cost of thermal energy to heat a cubic meter of cold water is the heating coefficient of hot water, which greatly influences the final result when calculating the payment formula for hot water. The value of this coefficient differs in each month. This is affected by the temperature of the cold water that needs to be heated. To heat water at a lower temperature, more thermal energy must be expended. Insulating cold water pipes will increase the temperature of the water in the network and reduce the amount of heat energy needed to heat it. An important point This section also includes the fact that water heating takes place around the clock and temperature losses can occur through hot water risers, which usually pass through unheated rooms. Insulating risers is not expensive, but it minimizes heat loss and saves you money.
- Calculation of general house costs for hot water supply apartment building is also regulated and needs clarification. These expenses arise by calculating the difference between the readings of the house meter and the total apartment consumption. To ensure the reliability of this data, it is necessary to organize collective readings on a monthly basis. This section of expenses also includes costs for general house needs, for example wet cleaning. High consumption resource may arise due to leaks and ruptures. To avoid this, it is necessary to remind the management company about the performance of its direct duties, that is, the implementation of regular preventive measures. Also, conducting timely inspection of networks for leaks and preventing emergency situations.
Having analyzed the accrual structure into its components, you can understand the payment procedure and monthly check the correctness of the accrual of the Criminal Code for this expense item, as well as regulate your spending on utilities.
How to check the correctness of charging for hot water supply.
In many cases, doubt arises about the correctness of charging for hot water.
Let's try to figure this issue out.
First, you need to look at what charging rate applies in your case. There are two of these methods - one-component and two-component tariffs. With the one-component method, a single tariff is set per cubic meter of hot water; with the two-component method, the cost of cold water and the cost of heating it to the required temperature are paid separately.
If a single-component tariff is applied, then everything is clear - the volume of water consumed according to the standard or meter is multiplied by the tariff, this is the cost of the service consumed.
In the case of two components, everything is somewhat more complicated, and this is where the path opens for deception and manipulation of tariffs.
For example, let's take an apartment equipped with a hot water meter. Let's assume that the meter shows the consumption of 5 cubic meters of water per month.
The water tariff (it should be the same as for cold water) is (for example) 25 rubles / cubic meter.
The heating tariff is usually given in gigacalories, for example, the cost of a gigacalorie is 2000 rubles.
Here is the whole subtlety of the calculation. A gigacalorie is the amount of heat required to heat 1000 cubic meters of water by 1 degree. Therefore, to heat 1 cubic meter of water by 1 degree, you need 0.001 gigacalories, or 1 megacalorie. And to heat 1 cubic meter of water to 100 degrees, you need 100 megacalories, or 0.1 gigacalories.
This is where the possibility of deception lies. Companies, without further ado, charge just the cost of 0.1 gigacalories “for heating”, however, it is not clear what they are basing this on.
In fact, this means that water flows from your tap in your apartment at a temperature of 100 degrees, which, of course, never happens even close. Moreover, even in this case, 0.1 gigacalories are not used for heating - after all, before heating begins, the water does not have a zero temperature, its temperature will be at least 10-15 degrees, which means that heating will require -100 minus 10 = 90 megacalories, or 0.09 gigacalories.
In fact, the difference is even greater - the temperature of the water from the tap is usually no more than 60-70 degrees, you can check it by measuring it with an ordinary thermometer a few minutes after opening the tap, when the temperature has set.
Thus, it turns out that with an initial water temperature of 10 degrees and a final temperature of 60, you only need to heat the water by 50 degrees, which will require 50 megacalories, or 0.05 gigacalories. As you can see, in this case the heat needed is half as much as when heating to 100 degrees, which means that the charge for heating should be half as much.
Calculation example: 5 cubic meters of water were consumed, the tariff for water is 25 rubles/cube, for heating – 2000 rubles/gigacalorie. The water temperature from the tap is 60 degrees.
The cost of cold water for hot water supply needs is 25 rubles x 5 cubic meters = 125 rubles.
The cost of heating water is for 1 cubic meter: at a temperature of cold water of 10 degrees and heated water - 60, the difference will be - 60-10 = 50 degrees, hence the heat consumption for heating 1 cubic meter will be equal to 0.05 gigacalories, the cost of heating a cube of water is 2000 x 0 .05 = 100 rubles, five cubes – 500 rubles.
The total cost of consumed water is 625 rubles.
It is easy to see that if we did not take into account the initial and final temperatures of the water and left 0.1 gigacalories “for heating”, then this figure would increase to 1125 rubles.
This calculation procedure is valid if hot water is supplied without continuous circulation. Circulation is created so that the water does not cool down in the supply pipes, and immediately after opening the tap, not cold, but hot water comes out of it.
If you have a circulation system in your house, then the losses in it should be taken into account in the ADP column, and not as hot water consumption, but specifically as the ADP for heating water. The size of these losses depends on the specific design of the heating system and the state of the thermal insulation of the system, and is calculated as the difference between the heat consumed by the house and the total amount of heat for water heating, obtained when calculating according to apartment meters.
In addition, it should be said that standards for heat consumption for heating water can be set by regional authorities. Therefore, you first need to find out what standards and tariffs are charged for this service, and then draw conclusions.
In conclusion, I want to say that on average the amount of heat to heat 1 cubic meter of water is usually approximately 0.0615 Gigacalories.
Every homeowner must know how to calculate hot water for subsequent payment. The fact is that the provision of this service occurs in quantitative terms, and if the hot water consumption is calculated incorrectly, this can result in a fairly large amount of overpayment or debt.
In addition, if, as a result of such an error, you do not pay for the hot water supplied to you on time, this may lead to its shutdown.
If you do not pay for the hot water supplied to you on time, this may lead to its shutdown
Payment for services for the supply of hot water to the population is regulated by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 6, 2011 No. 354. According to it, it must include 2 components:
- Providing hot water supply directly to residential or non-residential premises.
- Provision of hot water supply for general house needs or for land plot, as well as the auxiliary buildings located on it.
Typically, centralized hot water supply systems are used in cities to supply such water to apartments, communal apartments and rooms in multi-apartment residential buildings. Tariffs for hot water are set federal Service on tariffs, as well as its divisions in the regions, so if you don’t know how to calculate the tariff for hot water, you can go to the website of this body. In addition, your local resource supply organization can provide you with an example of such a calculation.
Tariffs for hot water are set by the Federal Tariff Service
In any case, it is worth knowing that the formula for calculating the cost of hot water includes not only the tariff itself, but also other indicators. For example, if your communal organization has established a two-part tariff, then you will pay:
- payment for the consumption of one cubic meter of hot water;
- payment for the maintenance of the hot water supply system based on one gigocalorie.
With a one-component tariff, only consumed cubic meters are paid, which includes expenses for other needs. In addition, the approved methodology, which answers the question of how to calculate and how much a cube of hot water costs, also takes into account what category of consumers you belong to. It could be industry budgetary institutions or population.
A common house hot water meter is used, which is installed based on the decision general meeting owners of residential premises
If for other categories of consumers all issues regarding utility payments are resolved by special employees on staff legal entity, then the population calculates and pays for hot water consumption independently. At the same time, he is also responsible for paying expenses for general household needs. For this purpose, a common house hot water meter is used, which is installed on the basis of a decision of the general meeting of owners of residential premises.
A separate scheme is used to calculate hot water supply if an individual boiler room is installed in the house. So, in the bills there is no line “hot water supply”, and instead of it there are 2 positions: water heating and cold water supply for hot water supply. This subtlety will need to be taken into account by all homeowners in such houses.
Payment for hot water for the population
- according to the counter;
- according to the general standard.
The first option is the most profitable for the owner of a residential premises, since it allows him to pay only for the volume of hot water that he actually consumed. At the same time, every month he will need to transfer meter readings to the local resource supply company. It is usually called “Vodokanal” or “Teploenergo” and is municipally owned.
Payment for hot water by meter
In the second case, you have to pay based on the general standard established by the Government, taking into account the number of residents registered in a particular living space. Typically, the standard is applied when the apartment does not have a meter installed or it is broken. At the same time, as a measure to encourage the population to install metering devices, the Government has been gradually increasing the standards by 1.6 times by 2017 since 2015.
As for specific figures, for 2016 in Moscow the standard for hot water consumption is 166 liters per day per person. It may be different in other regions. In any case, it will be more profitable to pay using a meter, so it makes sense to install it in the premises as early as possible.
Important! In addition to the standard and meter readings, the cost of hot water is also calculated taking into account the readings of a common house meter.
You can find out how to calculate one for hot water by contacting a company that provides services for managing your apartment building. Generally speaking, the readings of the general house meter are subtracted from the readings apartment meters, and the resulting balance, based on a special formula, is divided among all residents registered in the house.
Hot water payment receipts
Directly residents apartment buildings Usually they don’t do calculations alone. Since this is the responsibility of the local housing department or homeowners association, for them there is a special line in the payment receipt with this indicator, which will need to be paid as part of the general receipt. If the amount in your opinion is too high, this may be the reason for your request to recalculate it. This must be done by the management company within ten days. If this does not happen, you have the right to appeal the company’s actions to the Housing Inspectorate or court.
It is also worth keeping in mind that modern technologies allow you to pay utility bills remotely or on a special schedule. This will be especially convenient if you leave your region of residence for some time or are very busy. To make payments according to the schedule, you will need to write a statement to your local bank branch about this or set it up accordingly Personal Area on your bank's website.
In any case, try to pay the cost of hot water in full and deadlines
Next, the required payment amounts will be withdrawn from your account at the right time, which will allow you to avoid becoming a debtor on utility bills. In any case, try to pay the cost of hot water in full and on time.
Transmission of meter readings
As you already understood, the easiest way to calculate hot water consumption is to take readings from a meter installed in a residential area. This procedure must be carried out once a month. To do this, you will need to write off the first 5 digits of the readings from the meter.
Calculation of hot water consumption
Based on them, you can independently calculate your hot water consumption. To do this, subtract the new readings from last month’s readings. The difference you receive will be your monthly expense.
If you are wondering how to calculate hot water from a receipt, then you can do this by multiplying the readings obtained using a meter by the tariff in force in your region. This calculation may be useful to you when you have questions about the numbers indicated on the payment receipt. With complaints about this, you often contact the resource supply company, where you are required to recalculate the hot water you consumed.
Unscheduled water meter check
After you take the hot water meter readings, they will need to be transferred to the water supply organization. This can be done in several ways, for example:
- using the website of such an organization or management company;
- using special forms;
- at the office of the organization that supplies you with burning water.
After transmitting the readings from your individual hot water meter, you will only have to wait until you receive a receipt for payment. If you have figured out how to calculate hot water before this time, you can double-check the amount billed to you to avoid mistakes. At the same time, if several water meters are installed in your apartment, you will have to transmit readings from all of them.
By the way, you will need not only knowledge of how to calculate hot water, but also how to check the accuracy of the meter reading. To do this, record the readings of the three red numbers on its scale, after which approximately 30 liters of water are drained from the tap using a ten-liter bucket. If the meter shows a higher or lower number, this may be a sign that the water meter requires an unscheduled check.
Internet banking for paying for hot water
After an invoice is issued to you based on the testimony you provided, you can pay it in several ways, for example, at Russian Post, through Internet banking, and also using an ATM. If you delay payment for more than 3 months, you may be charged a penalty and your hot water may be turned off. After six months, utility companies will be able to go to court to evict you from the premises you occupy.
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