Ukraine may increase the price of electricity for Crimea by 10-15%, said the head of Ministry of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn.

"That's a possibility. Talked about 10-15%. There are certain consensus, but until then, until an agreement is signed, " said Demchyshyn correspondents.

according to his statement, At this point of time, the value is 2, 99 rubles per kW/h.

Plans to increase prices Demchyshyn explained by the need to offset the costs of Ukraine on the production, transportation and supply of electric energy."

currently Ukraine is the only supplier of electricity in the Crimea. At the end of last year Ukraine was limited and some times even completely stop the supply of Crimea.

at the end of December "inter RAO UES" and "Ukrinterenergo" signed a contract for the export of electricity from Russia to Ukraine. The Russian Federation fully met by application of Ukraine for the supply of electricity provided a reliable supply of Crimea.

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