The aim of the Electronic Price Calculation Information System (HAI) is to make obtaining approvals for prices of monopolistic services (heat, water, gas and electricity network services) more efficient and transparent and to enable digital data processing. Currently, the information system allows applications for gas prices to be approved under the short procedure and for heat prices to be approved in network areas with a valid pricing formula.
HAI is a software application that analyses the data of undertakings, taking into account the indicators and forecasts of the economic environment (input prices for fuels, electricity, etc) and calculates the justified price of the service. This is a pilot project, and the first decisions have been drawn up and issued. Development works are continuing.
One of the tasks of the Competition Authority in the areas of heat, water, gas and electricity is to coordinate and control the prices of services of undertakings in a monopoly position (district heating, water and sewerage, electricity and gas network services) so that the fee charged for the service is economically justified for both consumers and undertakings. This means that the necessary expenses are covered, but the profit is limited.
The HAI information system was created in cooperation with the Competition Authority, the Centre for Registries and Information Systems (RIK) and development partners Red Function OÜ and Merada OÜ.