Legal Regime of Mismanaged Property in the Energy Sector

Aim. To investigate the problems of acquiring ownership of mismanaged energy facilities and develop proposals to overcome them.

Methodology. During the study, general scientific (dialectical) and special (formal-legal, comparativelegal, technical-legal, systemic, empirical, statistical) methods of cognition, methods and techniques of formal logic (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, etc.) were used.

Results. The article discusses the main problematic issues of the legal regime of mismanaged property in the energy sector, related to its maintenance, repair and operation, responsibility for reliable and high-quality supply of energy resources to consumers, compensation for the incurred expenses for the operation of the mismanaged energy facilities, the procedure for acquiring ownership of mismanaged energy linear facilities. It is proposed to use a single method of determining such an organization for all energy sectors as an alternative mechanism for choosing an operating organization, which consists in assigning the obligation to maintain, repair and operate an ownerless energy facility to the guaranteeing operating organization. It was concluded that the implementation of the norms of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on the acquisition by operating organizations of ownership of ownerless linear objects is possible only after eliminating contradictions in the provisions of Art. 225 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation and after making necessary changes to the legislation on state registration of property and civil procedure legislation.

Research implications. The research contributes to the development of the theoretical basis of the institution of acquiring property rights on the mismanaged objects on the example of the mismanaged energy facilities and can be used in the framework of civil and civil procedure law.

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