Weekly analytical report  June, 21 – 27, 2021

Report announcement:

• From July 1, 2021, state enterprises will become able to procure natural gas in the short-term segment of the Ukrainian Energy Exchange (UEEX), which should make it easier to settle debts to TSO for imbalances…
• The Ministry of Energy again postponed reform of electricity prices for households, while the Regulator continues to look for the ways of normalizing the pricing situation in the wholesale market…
• Creation of a competitive solid biofuels market would have a positive effect on the liquidity of generation by biofuel-fired power and cogeneration facilities, and therefore, on the balancing of the entire IPS of Ukraine…
• The new anticorruption bill in the U.S. and intensified international talks may become fateful for Nord Stream 2…
• Despite the staffing turbulence at Naftogaz, the company’s incumbent management continues to put together a new team…
• 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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