The government has made changes to the Regulations on the peculiarities of electricity imports

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has made changes to the Regulations on the peculiarities of electricity imports under the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine. Electricity restriction measures will not be applied to enterprises that import more than 60% of their consumption or independently produce more than 60% of their consumption. The relevant decision was made at a meeting on November 26, ExPro reports.

“Regulations on the peculiarities of electricity imports under the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine. It is planned not to apply measures to limit the selection of electricity (schedules for limiting electricity consumption, hourly electricity shutdowns, restrictions on electricity consumption, emergency shutdowns) to non-household consumers, in the total volume of electricity consumption of which in each billing hour the volume of purchased imported electricity is at least 60 percent of the total volume of electricity consumption or at least 60 percent of the total volume of electricity consumption is provided by the consumer's own electricity production," Taras Melnychuk reported.

Previously, the rate of mandatory import to avoid restrictions was 80%.

"The Government's decision was adopted taking into account the increase in capacity limits for importing electricity to Ukraine from European countries to 2.1 GW. This will create additional incentives to attract a larger volume of commercial imports of electricity, will allow developing own electricity generation and ensure greater stability of the power system in conditions of deficit,” commented the Minister of Energy of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko.

As reported in ExPro, the Regulator decided not to change price caps on the electricity market from December, despite limited imports and the application of restriction schedules.