The debt of Penza organizations for electricity transmission services to Penzaenergo, a branch of IDGC of Volga, PJSC, as of March 01 totalled 214,45 million rubles. The major debtor to the grid operators (194 million rubles) is POLR of electricity in the Penza region – TNS energo Penza, LLC. The term of the next payment for the electric power transmission services of IDGC of Volga was expired on February 15. But no funds to the grid company accounts have been received yet.

Also among the debtors, who have a large amount of receivables to Penzaenergo, can be listed Biosintez, JSC (3.45 million rubles), EnergoService Povolzhie, LLC (3 million rubles) and Oboronenergosbyt, JSC (14 million rubles). Activities on debt collection are under special control in Penzaenergo.

The successful and complete implementation of repair and investment programs, and thus, the reliability of power supply to consumers of the Penza region directly depend on the elimination of indebtedness. Constant failures to meet the payment time constraints of sales companies throughout 2015 complicated the dutiful fulfilment of IDGC of Volga's own obligations to the adjacent grid operators, contractors, budgets of different levels. The irresponsible manner of all the electricity consumers (legal entities or individuals) to comply with the payment discipline, jeopardize the financial stability of the region's energy sector, the high-quality power supply. Therefore, the main task now for all participants of the energy market in the region is to prevent the deterioration of payment discipline and formation of multi-million debts.

It should be noted, that according to Federal Law No. 307-FZ of November 03, 2015 "On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in connection with the strengthening of the payment discipline of energy resources consumers", from January 01, 2016, penalties for late payments have been increased.