PM requires to make an urgent decision on providing power plants with coal and prevent rolling blackouts

posted 31 October 2014 15:14

Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has asked the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine and NERC to immediately decide concerning the provision of power plants with coal and to prevent rolling blackouts. The Prime Minister said this at a meeting of the anti-crisis energy center on Friday, October 31.  

He has stressed that for several months he has been underlining the need to make a decision on the provision of power plants with coal, "because the power plants possess coal for 5-7 days": "I require from the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry and NERC to make an urgent decision."

"I officially warn that if you let rolling blackouts of the power system happen, you’ll see the consequences. And not just consequences, I’m going to ask the Prosecutor General’s Office to bring to criminal responsibility, "Arseniy Yatsenyuk emphasized.