Payment for network capacity: how the proposed approach in Russia differs from global practice. In Russia, a change in the principle of payment for electricity transmission services is being discussed: it is proposed to pay for the "paper maximum power" anchored in documents on technological connection, regardless of actual consumption. Experts in international energy markets consider this approach far-fetched and point to foreign experience, where payments for network capacity are usually linked to measured indicators or can be quickly adjusted by the service consumer himself. In the US, industrial and commercial consumers can pay a demand fee - a fee for the actual maximum load for the billing period. Typically, peak consumption is taken into account over a 15-30 minute interval. Therefore, the size of the payment depends on how much load the consumer actually creates on the electricity system. Germany and France apply tariff components related to declared (and immediately changed) or measured capacity. In some models, the consumer can adjust the agreed power level, and a deviation from the established parameters is reflected in the cost of the services. In Australia and the UK, tariffs are being developed that take into account the load on the network during peak hours. This encourages organizations to shift part of their consumption to other periods and smooth out load curves. In Brazil, a contract capacity mechanism is used: the consumer chooses an agreed volume, can change it, and exceeding the set level involves additional payments. According to the vice president of the Small Energy Association, Valery Zhikharev, the general principle of foreign models is that the consumer pays taking into account the load he creates for the network, and not for the formal right to use a certain power.