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By decision of the National Commission in the Spheres of Energy and Public Utilities (NEURC), Ukraine resumed importing electricity from Russia as of January 1, 2021.
The corresponding resolution was adopted by the commission on December 16. As the deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada profile committee Aleksey Kucherenko said, Ukrenergo plans to provide traders with access to networks to import 2.4 GW of electricity from Russia and Belarus from January 1.
Ukraine bought electricity from Russia from October 2019 to March 2020. In total, more than 1 billion kWh were imported and direct losses to the power system from such supplies are estimated at UAH 3 to 5 billion.
Why the shipments were stopped
The sale of electricity to Russia and Belarus (and vice versa) Ukraine was stopped on April 12, 2020 in accordance with the NKREKP resolution “On the actions of participants in the electricity market during the quarantine period and restrictive measures related to the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “.
As OBOZREVATEL reported, former acting Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Olga Buslavets said that manual intervention in the electricity market to reduce electricity rates for the industry has led the industry to experience the biggest crisis, and companies energy companies cannot operate due to multi-million dollar debts.
Since January 1, Ukraine has canceled the preferential rate for electricity, as a result, the first 100 kW * hour of electricity will increase the price by 1.86 times.
