The head of "Naftogaz" Andrey Kobelev wishes to clarify to the people of Kiev that we should abandon the practice to heat the house in winter to 25 degrees.
"We can't afford to do that, We must explain to the population ", - said the head of Ukrainian state organization at an energy conference in Berlin, noting that "the consumption of gas in Ukraine's capital is higher than in other European capitals, and is one of the main challenges faced by the" Naftogaz ".
now in General on Ukraine's annual gas consumption is about 40 billion cubic meters of gas, however, this figure actually reduced by 10 billion cubic meters, and among them, 5 billion cubic meters - "at the expense of customer behavior," said Korolev.
On the reverse side, the Ukrainian authorities, in Accordance With the requirements of the IMF, raise gas tariffs for residents. Since April they have been increased by 4 times, and earlier, According to the head of "Naftogaz" was Usually only 30 dollars per thousand cubic meters." in the next two years We are required to do so that Ukraine was paying for gas at the market price, " - said Kobolyev, confirming the so announced earlier plans to increase tariffs.
"We are in discussions With consumers explained that We were these measures not taken to "Naftogaz" has worked more effectively. We have stated that we believe that honest gas prices is a matter of survival for the country ", - said Kobolyev.
"We believe that We have to care about consumers and use taxes directly to pay for the economy. Currently, the consumer pays no more than 15% of monthly income, and if they have to pay more, they will receive subsidies from the state. In the end, however, the difference who pays the amount directly and will receive subsidies that will be pure profit for the state, "added the Head of" Naftogaz ".
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