Court resumes Ukrenergo low tariffs for Kolomoisky's plants - Aug. 23, 2019

Court resumes Ukrenergo low tariffs for Kolomoisky’s plants

Published Aug. 23, 2019 at 2:13 pm

Metalworkers protest in front of Ukrenergo, the state operator of Ukraine's backbone electrical grid on August 16, 2019. Last month, the country implemented changes to its wholesale energy market, which caused industrial consumers to have to pay higher prices for electricity. The loudest criticism came from several metallurgy factories tied to oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky - they initiated multiple protests and lawsuits against Ukrenergo and energy authorities.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

The Sixth Administrative Court of Appeals has dismissed a claim of the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) in the form of suspending the regulator’s decisions No.954 and No.955 on high tariffs for PJSC Ukrenergo National Energy Company, Guaranteed Buyer state-run enterprise reported.

According to the enterprise, on August 1, the District Administrative Court of Kyiv suspended high tariffs of Ukrenergo for six enterprises of businessman Ihor Kolomoisky.