By KYIV. Oct 31 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has extended the effect of special obligations on the electricity market (PSO), while maintaining preferential prices for the population.
Corresponding decision No. 483 to amend the resolution on PSO of June 5, 2019 was made at a government meeting on Friday, the Ministry of Energy reported.
"Thus, preferential electricity prices for household consumers will remain until the end of the autumn-winter period 2022/2023 – until March 31, 2023," the ministry said in a press release.
The ministry also noted that the preferential list was supplemented with consumption targets for emergency and evacuation lighting, fire and ventilation systems, smoke removal and air conditioning, alarm systems and aircraft beacons. In this case, the tariff will be UAH 1.68/kWh.
As reported, the tariff for electricity for the population from October 1, 2021 is UAH 1.4/kWh with a monthly consumption of 250 kWh inclusive, more than this amount – UAH 1.68/kWh.
At the same price, regardless of the volume of consumption, the resource is supplied, in particular, to collective household consumers, hostels, legal entities that are owners or balance-holders of IDP accommodation sites, dacha cooperatives, garden societies for technical purposes and lighting of territories, as well as religious organizations for communal-household needs.
This tariff is also valid in multi-apartment residential buildings when electricity is used for the operation of individual heating points, boiler rooms, elevators, pumps, intercoms, courtyard lighting, stairs, house numbers signs.
