Legal asymmetry in networks. How to solve problems with technological connection of new buildings // Delovoy Peterburg – May 2018

Konstantin Boytsov Head of the Maxima Legal  Energy and Natural Recourses Practice reviewed the decision of his economic colleague, the Supreme Court, which set a precedent on the pages of Delovoy Peterburg. At the end of last year, the agency won the dispute with the company’s grid company, which unilaterally refused to fulfill the contract for connection of a new building to the power grid.

“The explanation of the Supreme Court is that the agreement on technological connection by its legal nature is an agreement on the provision of services on a prohibitive basis. This means that the customer has the right to unilaterally refuse to perform it, provided that it compensates the grid company for the actual expenses incurred. But the problem is that the current practice does not require the parties to draw up and sign estimates, which reflect the cost of connection measures, “- commented on the situation Konstantin.

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