The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has extended the provision on imposing special obligations (SO) on electricity market participants until April 30, 2026, Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko announced.
“Electricity prices for the population will remain unchanged this winter. The government has extended the SRO for electricity until April 30, 2026. This means that during the heating season, citizens will continue to pay UAH 4.32 per kWh,” Sviridenko wrote on Telegram following Wednesday’s government meeting.
According to her, preferential prices for consumers with electric heating will also remain in place.
Thus, for consumption of up to 2,000 kWh per month, the price will be 2.64 UAH per kWh, and for consumption above the established limit, the price will be 4.32 UAH per kWh.
“This is part of a comprehensive program to support Ukrainians in winter. We are reducing the financial pressure on families during the heating season,” the prime minister added.
As reported earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers extended the validity of the provision on imposing special obligations (SOP) on natural gas market entities for gas supplies to domestic consumers, gas distribution system operators, “last resort” suppliers, and gas-fired electricity producers from October 31, 2025, to March 31, 2026.
Ukrnafta announced which gas stations are operating without electricity and which gas stations have “unbreakable points.”
The enemy has once again intensified its attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. The Chernihiv region has been hit the hardest, with 307,000 people left without power.
All UKRNAFTA gas stations—the largest single-brand network of gas stations in the country—continue to operate in the event of power outages. In total, there are 663 gas stations throughout Ukraine. There, you can always refuel your car with European-quality fuel.
Of these, 360 gas stations operate in “unbreakable point” mode. They are equipped with additional generators. There, people can warm up, drink hot tea or coffee, charge their phones, and access the internet.
“Massive attacks on energy infrastructure have led to power outages in a number of regions, including Chernihiv, Sumy, and others. The UKRNAFTA gas station network continues to operate even during power outages. We have provided backup power and conditions for visitors so that Ukrainians can refuel, warm up, and stay connected. Thank you to everyone who supports people and works even in the most difficult conditions,” said Yuriy Tkachuk, acting chairman of the board of JSC Ukrnafta.
JSC Ukrnafta is Ukraine’s largest oil producer and operator of the largest national network of gas stations, UKRNAFTA. In 2024, the company entered into asset management with Glusco. In 2025, it completed an agreement with Shell Overseas Investments BV to purchase the Shell network in Ukraine. In total, it operates 663 gas stations.
The company is implementing a comprehensive program to restore operations and upgrade the format of its network of gas stations. Since February 2023, it has been issuing its own fuel vouchers and NAFTAKarta cards, which are sold to legal entities and individuals through Ukrnafta-Postach LLC.
The largest shareholder of Ukrnafta is Naftogaz of Ukraine with a 50%+1 share.
In November 2022, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to transfer the company’s corporate rights, which belonged to private owners, to the state, and it is now managed by the Ministry of Defense.
A complete list of addresses of “unbreakable” UKRNAFTA gas stations can be found at: https://www.ukrnafta.com/data/news/2025/Perelik_punktiv_nezlamnosti.pdf
Renewable energy sources (RES) in the European Union accounted for 54% of total electricity generation in the second quarter of 2025, up 1.3 percentage points from 52.7% a year earlier, the EU statistics office said.
This was mainly due to higher generation from solar power plants (SPPs), which accounted for 19.9% of total output.
At the same time, June was the first month in history when SES accounted for the bulk of generation (22%). This was followed by nuclear power plants (21.6%), wind power plants (15.8%), hydropower plants (14.1%) and gas-fired power plants (13.8%).
The most significant share of RES in total generation was recorded in Denmark (94.7%), where RES account for a significant amount of electricity generation. This is followed by Latvia (93.4%), Austria (91.8%), Croatia (89.5%) and Portugal (85.6%).
The lowest share of RES is in Slovakia (19.9%), Malta (21.2%) and the Czech Republic (22.1%).
In June 2025, Ukraine exported 14.5% more electricity than it imported, which happened for the first time since October 2023, according to the Ukrainian energy and climate think tank DiXi Group, citing Energy Map.
“In June, electricity exports exceeded imports by 14.5%. This happened for the first time since 2023: the last time sales exceeded purchases was in October of the year before last,” DiXi Group said in a Facebook post.
A total of 233.4 thousand MWh were exported in June, which is 2.6 times higher than in May.
More than half of exports went to Hungary – 52.4% or 122.3 thousand MWh.
Another 16.6% (38.7 thousand MWh) went to Romania, 15.9% (37.2 thousand MWh) to Slovakia, 14.7% (34.2 thousand MWh) to Moldova, and 0.4% (0.9 thousand MWh) to Poland.
Exports were carried out daily, gradually reaching a peak on June 27 – 15.8 thousand MWh per day.
DiXi Group experts note that it was on that day that supplies to Poland resumed after a break of more than three months.
Imports increased by 5% compared to May, reaching 203.9 thousand MWh, of which 43% (87.7 thousand MWh) came from Hungary, 24% (48.8 thousand MWh) came from Slovakia, 14.7% (30,000 MWh) from Poland, 12.4% (25,300 MWh) from Romania, and 5.9% (12,000 MWh) from Moldova.
“With imports compared to exports, everything was the opposite: from high figures, the largest of which, 13.7 thousand MWh, fell on June 9, they moved to lower ones. On June 16, the lowest amount was purchased, namely 1.5 thousand MWh. Supplies fell by 6-25% from all countries except Slovakia and Hungary, where they increased by 35% and 13%, respectively,” explains DiXi Group.
Analysts note that in June last year, a record 858.4 thousand MWh were imported, which is more than four times higher than the corresponding result for 2025.
As reported, in May 2025, Ukraine reduced electricity exports by 41% compared to April, to 89.1 thousand MWh, while increasing imports by 4%, to 194.1 thousand MWh.
In April 2025, Ukraine doubled its electricity exports compared to March, reaching 151.6 thousand MWh, while imports fell by almost a third to 187 thousand MWh, according to the Ukrainian energy and climate think tank DiXi Group, citing Energy Map.
As explained by DiXi Group experts on the center’s Facebook page, at the beginning of the month, electricity consumption increased due to lower air temperatures, in particular due to additional heating needs. However, in the second half of April, stable weather conditions – warmer and sunny weather – reduced the load on the power grid and contributed to an increase in exports.
Of the 151.6 thousand MWh, 38% (57.1 thousand MWh) went to Hungary, 35% (52.8 thousand MWh) to Moldova, 15% (23.3 thousand MWh) to Romania, 12% (18.4 thousand MWh) to Slovakia. Supplies to Poland have been suspended since mid-March.
Compared to April 2024, exports increased 12.6 times: at that time, they amounted to only 12 thousand MWh.
The distribution of 187,000 MWh of electricity imports by country is as follows: 45% (83,100 MWh) came from Hungary, 18% (34,200 MWh) from Slovakia, 18% (34.2 thousand MWh) from Poland, 13% (24.5 thousand MWh) from Romania, and 6% (11 thousand MWh) from Moldova.
Compared to April 2024 (223.8 thousand MWh), imports decreased by 16%.
“Despite the growth in exports, the total volume of imports in April still exceeds exports by 19%,” DiXi Group experts note.
As reported, Ukraine increased electricity exports by 131% in March to 76.3 thousand MWh, while imports increased by 11% to 272.3 thousand MWh.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has improved its estimate of the electricity deficit in Ukraine this year from 4% to 3% and next year from 2% to 1% due to rapid repairs and development of distributed generation.
“Rapid repairs of shunting generation and energy infrastructure, development of distributed electricity generation and renewable energy capacities against the background of maintaining sustainable electricity imports allow us to improve the estimate of the electricity deficit over the forecast horizon,” the NBU states in its April 2025 Inflation Report, comparing it with the January report.
According to the NBU, the deficit will almost disappear in 2027 (1%).
Thus, according to the report, the impact of energy supply restrictions on real GDP will decrease, and annual electricity imports in 2025-2027 will amount to about $0.5 billion.
As reported, at the end of 2024, the Ministry of Energy reported that the total capacity of distributed gas-fired generation units connected in Ukraine last year amounted to 967 MW, of which 835 MW were commissioned in 2024.
