In case if a new electricity market will launch from July 1, 2019, the cost of electricity for public institutions and industry will increase by 42%. This was announced by the head of the state enterprise Ukrenergo National Energy Company, Vsevolod Kovalchuk, on Facebook.
Kovalchuk explains that the price for electricity for the population is significantly less than UAH 1.06, as the Ministry of Energy think. Thus, the actual cost of electricity for the population is 21 kopecks. It is the last price was laid by the government in the tariff for the transmission of electricity, which population will pay as a result.
“The NKREKP calculations show that as a result of the adoption of this project, developed by the Ministry of Energy, electricity prices for industry and other consumers, except for the population, will increase by 42%,” Vsevolod Kovalchuk said.
The head of Ukrenergo noted that such a rise in electricity prices will further lead to a rise in prices for goods and services produced, which ultimately will affect ordinary consumers.
As The Journalist reported, Ukrenergo predict rise in electricity tariffs from July 1, 2019.
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