Anton Antonenko, Vice-President of DiXi Group think tank, attended the Eastern Partnership Energy Regulatory Bodies. The event took place in Vilnius. Apart from representatives of regulatory bodies, the participants of the workshop included officials of Energy Ministries of the Eastern Partnership countries and EU Member States, such as Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Lithuania, Germany and Austria.
New government has to keep the policy of increasing energy security and competition, including strengthening of sectoral industries’ transparency. Only in this case the international and Ukrainian experts, politicians and the Ukrainian society will take the side of ministries. Neither corruption schemes, nor political manipulations could be acceptable today, when the country remains in the situation of external aggression and economic challenges.
The draft Law No. 2966-д of 19 February 2016 “On the National Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Commission” has been approved in the first reading. The document was supported by 285 MPs.
On April 5, a meeting on amendments to the Treaty establishing the Energy Community, initiated by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry and supported by DiXi Group think tank, took place.
The Committee on Corruption Prevention and Counteraction of the Verkhovna Rada has recognized the draft law "On the National Energy and Public Utilities Regulatory Commission" (registration No. 2966-d of February 02, 2016) as compliant with anti-corruption legislation.
Olena Pavlenko, President, DiXi Group Analytical Centre, took part in the meeting of the Ukrainian Side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform with the Government Office for European Integration and Deputy Ministers for European Integration. She presented a report on the EU-Ukraine cooperation in the energy sector. It should be mentioned that on 11 February 2016, during the meeting of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform in Brussels, there were presented two reports on the EU-Ukraine cooperation in the energy sector, prepared by the EU side and by the Ukrainian side.
On 11 March 2016, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety held the Round Table “New Regulator: Reform Prospects”, dedicated to discussion of ways of further improvement of the Draft Law “On the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission” (Reg. No. 2966-д of 19 February 2016) as finalized by the Committee.
DiXi Group Analytical Centre released an infographic reminder for MPs of the importance of passing the Draft Law No. 2966 “On the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission”.
Two reports, prepared by the Ukrainian and European sides, on Ukraine–EU relationship were presented during the meeting of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform on February, 11 in Brussels. The documents were presented by Olena Pavlenko, President, Dixi Group Analytical Centre, and Alfredas Jonuška, Co-chairman of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform.
DiXi Group Analytical Centre will publish the first of the notes in the series of comparative studies of energy market operation in Ukraine and in the EU.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Nuclear Safety approved the Draft Law No. 2966 “On the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission” (on the Regulator) and recommended MPs to pass it in the first reading.
Representatives of DiXi Group Analytical Centre presented the booklet “Why is the Energy Community important for me?” Using infographics and simple facts, the experts outlined all pros of the so called EU Third Energy Package for ordinary Ukrainians.