Article 20. Planning in the thermal energy industry of the Law on Thermal Energy

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1. The thermal power industry operates and develops on the basis of the documents of the State Planning System of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. When developing and approving documents of the State Planning System of the Republic of Kazakhstan applicable to thermal power engineering, state bodies must be guided by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of thermal power engineering and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. The functioning and development of thermal power engineering in cities of republican significance, the capital, districts and cities of regional significance are carried out on the basis of long-term and medium-term schemes for the development of heat supply.

4. Heat supply development schemes should take into account:

1) actual heat power indicators;

2) heat energy targets;

3) planned indicators of thermal power engineering;

4) optimal combination of different heat supply systems, taking into account the specifics of the administrative-territorial unit;

5) meeting the current and future demand for thermal energy services;

6) approved general plans of settlements, schemes of development and development of small settlements;

7) equal conditions for access and payment for heat energy services for all consumers (non-discriminatory approach);

8) optimal solutions for the development of thermal energy, taking into account the requirements for ensuring the quality and reliability of heat supply, minimal harmful effects on the environment, the development of energy-saving and resource-saving technologies, the expansion of the use of renewable energy sources, financing and other factors in accordance with this Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. When developing heat supply development schemes, local executive bodies determine the timing, size, priority and sources of financing for measures to achieve heat energy targets, taking into account local conditions.

This Law regulates public relations arising in the process of production, transportation, sale and consumption of thermal energy for municipal and industrial needs, as well as the high-quality functioning and development of heat supply systems and state regulation in the field of thermal energy.

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