The Ukrainian government has taken a number of systemic measures to avoid a sharp rise in tariffs for housing and utility services amid rising energy prices in the world, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Rostyslav Shurma has said.
According to a posting on the website of the Office of the President on Wednesday, he said that some adjustments of some tariffs are possible within the inflation expectations of 10-11%, including tariffs for gas distribution and delivery, but the price of gas for households will not increase during the current heating season.
“The government has provided large funds to keep gas tariffs for households at last year’s level – below UAH 8 per cubic meter. The government has also allocated funds to provide preferential gas to municipal heating companies, so that households can receive heating at almost last year’s prices,” Shurma said.
According to Shurma, the government also managed to keep electricity prices for the population from rising this year and even cut them for some categories of consumers.
He said that the increase in tariffs for the supply or distribution of electricity for regional power companies will not in any way affect the cost of electricity for households.
