Free installation of gas meters for retirees: what benefits you should get + how to get them

Agree that the installation of gas meters is difficult to fit into the budget of an elderly person if he lives only on retirement. And it would be nice to minimize these costs or even do without them. Free installation of gas meters for pensioners could solve this problem.

However, federal legislation provides for only partial payment for installation. But even this money is issued not just like that, but according to certain rules. The article we have proposed describes in detail the features of the procedure and the partial refund of the money spent.

Regulatory framework for preferential installation

In accordance with the Law “On Energy Saving”, gas meters (or meters) must be equipped with all residential premises in which gas is used. This regulatory document entered into force in 2015.

At the same time, the free installation of gas meters for pensioners is regulated by the following legislative acts:

• Law No. 4871-1 of 04/27/93, which refers to the verification of gas meters and the periods during which metering devices must be checked;
• Federal Law No. 261;
• Article No. 9.16 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (describes the prosecution of resource-supplying organizations for the non-installation of metering devices in the territory under their jurisdiction);
• Article No. 543 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation;
• Article No. 210 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation;
• Article No. 22 of the Gas Supply Rules;
• Articles No. 63, 65, 66 of Chapter 8 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation “Social rental of premises” if the apartment in which the gas meter is installed has not been privatized;
• article No. 158 of the LC RF, which states that the homeowner must independently bear all the costs of maintaining the premises in an apartment building;
• Government Decision No. 354, justifying the procedure for calculating the installation and verification of meters, as well as describing the reasons why the device is considered unsuitable for subsequent operation;
• Government Decision No. 797;
• Government Decision No. 456;
• Government Decision No. 549, etc.

Based on the provisions of these regulations, property owners must independently take care of installing gas meters.

If the owners or responsible tenants of the housing did not supply them on their own, the services with which equipment maintenance contract and gas supply, their installation is carried out forcibly. This right of gas supplying organizations is enshrined in law.

Any person has the right not to let gas service employees into their apartment to install gas meters without explanation

Installation of equipment in this case is carried out at the expense of the property owner. All expenses will be recovered in stages.

If the owner of the apartment will interfere with the installation or refuse to pay for the work, utilities have the right to go to court. At the same time, penalties for late installation of individual gas meters (IPU) have not yet been provided.

Who can count on benefits?

Due to the high cost installation meteringand the state established benefits for pensioners to install a gas meter. They are allocated in the form of a money transfer.

Compensation for installation is paid not to all pensioners, but only to those who belong to the following categories:

• unemployed old age pensioners;
• participants and war veterans;
• disabled people of the first and second group;
• veterans of labor and WWII;
• blockades.

If a person recently retired, and continues to officially work, benefits for the installation of equipment are not allowed to him.

But regional authorities can independently determine preferential categories of citizens and establish additional ways of support for them. Those. Before installing a gas meter, you should check the availability of regional programs at your local social welfare office.

Benefit Services

According to the law, a pensioner can receive a benefit only for installing a meter. Compensation metering devices are not paid for verification and sealing. This rule applies throughout the Russian Federation.

If an elderly person does not have an official income (in addition to a retirement pension), he can count on preferential installation of gas meters

If a pensioner is officially employed, then he will not be able to count on benefits. In this case, the amount of wages does not matter. Also, the privilege is not provided to foreign citizens, regardless of their age.

Amount of cash compensation

Typically, the amount of compensation is 70% of the installation cost, but not more than 6681 rubles. Usually this amount is enough, because installation of a gas meter costs from 3 to 8 tr depending on the characteristics of the unit. The cheapest thing is to mount the appliance on a regular 4-burner stove.

If the apartment has an ordinary gas stove, then the installation of the meter will cost 3-4 tr, depending on the region

Money is paid only once. Those. a pensioner can set a discount counter in only one apartment. In other real estate, as with gas meter replacement, you have to give it the full cost.

Who installs gas meters?

On the basis of clause 5.5.2 of the Decree of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Construction, Government Decision No. 410 and Housing and Public Utilities No. 170, citizens are not entitled to interfere in the design of gas distribution systems.

Installation, dismantling and health checks of meters can only be carried out by specialized organizations that have the appropriate accreditation. You can check the company license in the official registry.

For example, in the Moscow region, the “Register of specialized organizations for the maintenance, repair, and technical diagnosis of home and gas apartment equipment located in the Moscow Region” located on the official website of the State Housing Inspection acts as such a database.

When installing gas meters, it is necessary to check the license of the company that will be engaged in the installation, so as not to run into scammers

Typically, the organizations themselves are gas distribution organizations and firms that have entered into agreements with gas suppliers.

Gas services involved in the installation of meters must be licensed and have an emergency dispatch service. Those. preferential installation of gas equipment is no different from the standard installation procedure.

The procedure for preferential installation of a gas meter

If a pensioner wants to install a gas meter, he must contact the subscription service of the branch of Gazprom Gas Distribution or another organization that has the appropriate accreditation.

In this case, the owner of the premises or his authorized representative concludes an agreement with the gas distribution organization for maintenance of the internal gas equipment. After completing this contract, you must submit an application for installation of the meter.

When buying a meter, you should be guided by the recommendations of the gas service employees and purchase only high-quality consumption meters

After processing the application, gas company specialists come to the apartment and check the condition of the pipes, as well as the technical feasibility of installing the device. If the gas pipeline has no defects, an estimate is made of further work. Then the homeowner acquires gas meter.

All documents must be saved to the counter, as in the future, they may be required when checking its operability and determining warranty period. The product is guaranteed by the manufacturer.

During the warranty period, you can issue a return of the already installed device, if it became faulty, and a manufacturing defect is discovered.

The gas meter installation procedure consists of several stages, including:

1. Design of a gas meter installation diagram.
2. Laying gas supply pipelines.
3. Pneumatic test of all gas pipelines.
4. Installing a filter in a gas pipeline.
5. Purge and start gas.

When the meter is installed, the applicant will be given an act of completion and a brief instruction on the operation. After that, you need to send an application to the Management Company for sealing the meter.

Typically, the meter is sealed within 3 working days after leaving the application. If during this time there is no response from the public utilities, you can write a complaint to the State Housing Inspectorate.

Documents for preferential installation IPU

Compensation of the money spent is provided only to non-working old-age pensioners. That is why the applicant must first prove his status.

To do this, he needs to collect the following documents:

• general passport;
• pensioner's ID;
• certificate of family composition;
• registration certificate for the apartment;
• income statement;
• certificate of absence of debts on housing and communal services;
• technical documentation for installed gas equipment (it is needed to calculate the throughput of existing devices);
• documents confirming the authority of the person if the application was not filed by the owner of the real estate.

In addition to these papers, you must provide a certificate confirming the ownership of the real estate, or an extract from the USRN. It can be taken at any center of public services “My Documents”, in the Rosreestr branch (but now these offices are few) or on the official Rosreestr website online.

When making compensation for the installation of a gas meter, you need to collect a package of documents in the original, without which it will be impossible to receive money

If a pensioner does not have a pension certificate, he can bring a certificate of the established form with the official seal of the FIU, which is now issued upon retirement.It also identifies a person’s personality, but is printed on a plain white sheet and does not contain a photograph of him.

The certificate has full legal force, similar to that which had a pension certificate. Those. it can be presented when installing the counter.

A certificate of family composition can be obtained from one of the organizations listed below:

• Housing office or residential cooperative;
• Passport Office;
• regional branch of the FMS;
• local government bodies;
• archive of the village;
• MFC.

It all depends on the city in which the installation takes place. Help is printed on plain white paper, stamped on it. It indicates all persons currently registered on the living space.

A certificate of family composition is issued even if the pensioner lives in the apartment alone

A pensioner can receive a certificate of income from the FIU. It will contain information about the assigned and paid pension. Non-working military pensioners receive this document from the military commissariat of their locality.

A certificate of no debts can be issued through:

• Multifunctional Center;
• portal of public services;
• HOA;
• fixed gas services;
• Management companies.

Upon receipt of all of the above certificates will be asked about their purpose. A person may not spread about the actual purpose of the document and say that paper is needed for personal purposes. Gas services and social welfare offices will accept certificates marked in this way.

Receiving cash compensation

After installing the meter for the service you will have to immediately pay with your money. Upon receipt of payment, the customer remains the receipt, contract and certificate of completion. Together with these documents, as well as papers that confirm the right to benefits, a pensioner must come to the social security department of his area.

The territorial branch of social protection of the population is in any locality of the Russian Federation, and its address can be found in the district administration

There he writes an application for compensation for the installation of a gas meter and encloses copies of all necessary documents. You will also need to indicate the account number in a Russian bank for transfers.

If all the formalities are met, a month after submitting the application, the pensioner will receive money for the installation of a gas meter in the pensioner's bank account.

The administrative apparatuses of some regions installed gas meters for pensioners at their own expense, but such actions depend on the size of the regional budget

If a pensioner cannot submit documents on his own, an authorized person can do this for him. To represent the interests of an elderly person in social protection authorities, it will be necessary to issue a notarized power of attorney.

Conclusions and useful video on the topic

Having a kinship is not required. For more information on installing gas meters, see the video:

If we summarize all the above information, it turns out that only non-working pensioners have the right to preferential installation of meters.

The state compensates only part of the money paid, provided that the documents are correctly submitted. If the regional authorities have the opportunity to increase the amount of compensation, the pensioner will be able to find out about this in the social protection authorities of the population.

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