Weekly analytical report  June, 14 – 20, 2021

Report announcement:

• The Regulator made a long-awaited decision to raise price caps in the day-ahead and the intraday markets, while the Ministry of Energy is pushing through an initiative of another PSO reform in the electricity market and applying differentiated prices for households depending on their consumption…
• Renewable electricity producers expressed concern about the growing imbalance payments in Guaranteed Buyer group, while the government continues to promise settling debts under the feed-in tariff…
• The situation with debts owed by district heating companies (DHCs) for gas is being resolved slowly, despite the acuteness of this problem: the framework draft law, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in first reading, kick-starts the debt verification process…
• The change of Naftogaz management became not only a challenge in corporate governance reform but also an “acid test” indicating crisis in the corruption prevention policy…
• With regard to combating Nord Stream 2, Ukrainian top public officials must consolidate their advocacy efforts and come out with a single set of messages…
• While the signing of PSAs for new fields is delayed, controlling and law enforcement actions in the extractive sector are intensifying…

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