Ukraine: electricity consumption down in October 2020

In October, electricity consumption in Ukraine’s electricity system amounted to 9.641 billion kWh, down by 1% YoY, the press service of Ukrenergo National Power Company reported. “According to Ukrenergo’s operational data, electricity consumption in Ukraine’s electricity system (net, excluding network losses) decreased by only 1% in October: 9.641 billion kWh against 9.724 billion kWh,” reads…

Latvia: border with Russia to be opened for energy imports on November 5, 2020

On November 5, Latvian-Russian border will be opened for energy imports from Russia to Baltic States,the transmission system’s operator Augstsprieguma tikls (AST) reports. This decision was made, considering that on November 3, Astravyets NPP became operational in Belarus and Lithuania decided to close the Belarusian-Lithuanian border for imports of energy from third countries to Baltic…

Ukraine: EUR 300 million to be attracted from EIB to improve energy efficiency

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted two resolutions to attract a EUR 300-million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for energy efficiency, the Ukrainian Communities and Territories Development Ministry reports. The implementation of the resolution “On attracting a loan from the European Investment Bank for the implementation of Ukraine’s Public Buildings Energy…

Ukraine: electricity transmission tariff to rise

NPC Ukrenergo proposes to increase the tariff for electricity transmission by almost 2.7 times, to UAH 640.48/MWh, starting from November 1 and to set green metallurgy tariff at UAH 108.83/MWh (as of August 1 the tariff for transmission was UAH 240.23/MWh, excluding VAT). The draft changes to the tariff for public discussion have been published…