
Volodymyr Kistion: Government of Ukraine is committed to pursuing reforms in energy sector
Ukraine is
mainstreaming into the European economic space by implementing, in particular,
the national legislation in energy sector aligned with the norms adopted in the
European Union. We
are moving along the path of deregulation and liberalization of the gas market
in Ukraine. This
is clearly enshrined in the Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2035, which was
approved by the Government of Ukraine in 2017. This
was stated during the Ninth Annual Energy Forum by Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine
Volodymyr Kistion.
According to him,
the reform of the gas market remains among the most challenging reforms,
meanwhile Ukraine is approaching, step by step, the ultimate goal of
establishing transparent market relations for the benefits of all categories of
consumers.
"Ukraine has
already created a series of prerequisites for the functioning of an effective
gas market. There
are currently more than 384 gas suppliers licensed by NEURC. In
the second half of 2018, we are planning to provide daily commercial gas
balancing, which would allow us to
reduce severalfold manipulating with the volumes of gas consumed and to launch a daily exchange
trade, thereby affecting the formation of a real indicative market price for
natural gas in Ukraine, but not outside its borders", said the Vice Prime
Minister.