The medical center in Lobnya rented premises from an individual entrepreneur, who died suddenly in July this year. 

According to the terms of the lease agreement, the medical institution was obliged to pay utility bills, including the payment of consumed electricity.

Having no debts at the time of the tragic events, the Limited Liability Company notified Mosenergosbyt JSC about the incident in writing, and also informed that until the heirs received a certificate of right to inheritance, in the period from July to December 2021, payment for the actual consumption of electricity will be made on one's own.

No official response was received from the resource supplying organization.

The lights in the medical center went out with the onset of autumn. On September 1, an employee of the Northern Department of Mosenergosbyt JSC informed the head of the center orally about the unilateral termination of the power supply agreement due to the death of the owner of the premises. A week later, the power supply was cut off.

Numerous negotiations did not lead to the desired result.

“The arguments that the contract was terminated illegally, that there was no debt under the contract, and that there was a functioning organization in the premises did not have any effect.

Employees of the resource supplying organization justified their position by the risk of arrears on the part of the electricity consumer, as well as by the fact that the contract was terminated due to the loss of ownership of the premises and the impossibility of fulfilling obligations on the part of the owner of the premises”, said the entrepreneur.

To protect his rights and legitimate interests, the director of a medical institution turned to the public reception office of the Ombudsman for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in the urban districts of Khimki, Lobnya, Dolgoprudny, Andrei Tsentrov.

"The legislation of the Russian Federation clearly and unambiguously determines that the death of the owner does not entail the loss of ownership of the premises, nor does it entail the impossibility of fulfilling the obligations to maintain the premises and, therefore, is not a ground for terminating the power supply contract and interrupting the supply of electricity," commented Andrey Nikolaevich.

The head of the public reception office of the Business Ombudsman, after holding a series of negotiations with the leadership of the resource supplying organization, referring to judicial practice and the norms of current legislation , resolved the issue of connecting to electricity in favor of the medical center. A week later, the entrepreneur received a new energy supply contract, and light began to dawn again in the premises of the center.