Russia may introduce a maximum cutoff period for hot water of 14 days
Russia may introduce a maximum cutoff period for hot water of 14 days.
Consensus
- A proposal to set a maximum 14-day limit on hot water outages in Russia is under consideration.
- The proposal was initiated by Rosconsumnadzor in response to a request from Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Svetlana Razzhvorotneva.
- The current draft of sanitary rules states that hot water shutdowns during annual preventive maintenance should not exceed the duration of heat source, heat network, or centralized hot water supply system repair periods.
- In cases of unplanned repairs or preventive testing, the maximum outage duration is set at 14 days.
- The Ministry of Construction considers it unnecessary to amend federal legislation to establish a fixed limit on hot water outages.
Points of divergence
- The Ministry of Construction stated that introducing changes to federal legislation to set a specific hot water outage limit is not justified, emphasizing that repairs are coordinated with local authorities and that the recommended repair period is already 14 days. — vesti
- No additional details are provided beyond the announcement that a maximum 14-day limit for hot water disconnection may be introduced in Russia. — tg_rian_ru
Coverage (2 sources)
- Rosпотребнадзор and Ministry of Construction assessed the idea to limit the duration of hot water disconnection — Вести
- In Russia, a maximum period of hot water disconnection of 14 days may be introduced. — РИА Новости (Telegram)