According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, the forming of tariffs for heat supply is linked to outside temperature. District heating companies must be aware that they won’t be able to shift their expenses to the pockets of the citizens of the country, stressed Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk at a Government meeting on Wednesday, January 13.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk appealed to Vice Prime Minister/ Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities of Ukraine Hennadii Zubko with a request to hold a teleconference with the district heating providers: "Explain to them that gas should be saved, while the bills ought to include only payment for the citizens have their apartments heated".

He also stressed that he had seen the bills already sent to the citizens "those not compliant with applicable law and containing additional costs for the delivery of natural gas included by any regional gas companies, which are not envisaged by the existing legislation".

Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine to check the legal grounds of the relevant decision of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission.