The Government has ensured that the tariffs for heat, gas and electricity for households will remain unchanged. This was stated by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on 16 January.

“People in need will receive housing and utility subsidies. The procedure is simplified as much as possible, the applicant submits a minimum of data, the rest of the information is collected by the Pension Fund,” the Prime Minister said.

According to Denys Shmyhal, this year’s state budget earmarks UAH 50 billion for housing and utility subsidies for 3 million Ukrainian families. This is about 25% more than last year.

“We urge people to use this instrument of targeted state support. Subsidies not only help specific families, but also increase the level of payments for utilities. This means greater resilience of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and the ability to provide light and heat in every home,” the Head of Government stressed.

According to the Prime Minister, Ukraine is using domestically produced gas for the 2023-2024 heating season. Currently, there are about 11.3 billion cubic metres of gas in storage facilities. Denys Shmyhal assured that this was enough to successfully complete the heating season.

The Head of Government also stressed that Ukraine was getting through this autumn-winter period as planned thanks to large-scale repairs, accumulation of energy resources and protection of critical infrastructure facilities.

“This is the merit of our power engineers, gas sector workers, district heating companies and, of course, our heroic air defence forces. I sincerely thank them all for their excellent work,” said Denys Shmyhal.

According to the Prime Minister, after last year’s massive russian attacks, 2.2 GW of heat and power generation capacity has been restored in the energy sector. Currently, the electricity produced in Ukraine is sufficient to meet domestic demand. In addition, the increase in export-import capacity will allow Ukraine to import larger volumes of electricity from its western neighbours and to obtain emergency aid if necessary.