One of the significant areas of gas law is the legal framework for gasification. In this article, the authors examine the current state and development trends of the legal framework for gasification, conduct a legal analysis of the practice of resolving judicial disputes, doctrinal provisions. Various sources of energy law are involved in the regulation of gasification relations. The norms governing relations arising in the course of gasification are consolidated at the level of legislative acts, by-laws. Legal regulation covers both private-law and public-law relations. Gas law establishes the legal foundations for the development of gasification in the territories of the Russian Federation, the specifics of the legal status of the owner of the Unified Gas Supply System in the course of gasification, the specifics of the legal status of the unified gasification operator, regional gasification operators. The powers of the Government of the Russian Federation, federal executive government authorities, and the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are established. Considering the task of gasification of households set by the President of the Russian Federation in his Address to the Federal Assembly in 2021, provisions on additional gasification and the procedure for its implementation were established by a resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation. Despite the detailed regulation of gasification relations, a significant number of disputes arise between the participants. Within the framework of this study, an analysis of judicial disputes and trends in the development of law enforcement practice has been carried out. Judicial disputes arising from disagreements between the participants in the gasification process are diverse and concern, among other things: land relations due to the need to establish a public easement for the purpose of placing a gas pipeline; tariff regulation and issues of abuse of a dominant position; disputes over the settlement of disagreements regarding the terms of the contract for financing technological connection activities, claims to compel the conclusion of a contract for financing technological connection activities, etc. The presented analysis of law enforcement practice allows for the minimization of risks of disagreements between the participants in gasification projects and can be used in the further study of gas law, in law enforcement activities, and in the educational process. The article concludes that the need to fulfill the strategic gasification objectives determines increased requirements for the state of legal regulation of relations concerning the operation of gas pipelines, gas distribution systems, gas-using equipment, and the proper legal support of gas supply safety.
Viktoria V. Romanova (Thu,) studied this question.