The Ministry of Energy is engaged in the optimization of capital and operating costs of new nuclear power plants
05.04.2023
According to “Kommersant”, the Ministry of Energy is engaged in optimizing the capital and operating costs of new nuclear power plants in order to contain the load on the energy market, which will pay for their capacity. The capex ceiling will be fixed at the price of the last built nuclear power plants, and excess costs will be deducted from operating expenses. The total payment for the capacity of the new units will amount to 5 trillion rubles. for 25 years. Industry supports the ministry's approach. Rosatom, without naming the exact price parameters of its plants, expects the new method of transparency of payments for capacity.
The Ministry wants to exclude from OPEX, in particular, hospitality expenses of the central office of the REA, the cost of translators, advertising, medical insurance and legal costs, sources say “”.
It is assumed that the CAPEX of every second block will decrease. Each next block will also have a lower OPEX. The new methodology will be enshrined in a government decree.
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