The electricity tariffs from 1 September will increase For all Residents of Ukraine almost 20% And, according to experts, will be For the vast majority of Ukrainians overwhelming. Producers of electrical energy claim that the Increase was long overdue, And experts believe that the fresh figure is exaggerated. If Previously per kilowatt consumers paid 37 cents, from 1 September each and every kilowatt of electrical energy will have to pay 45, 6 cents. This rate applies If the total amount of electricity used for the month did not exceed 100 kilowatts, reports TSN. For those who exceed this norm, to act other rules: If you have consumed from 100 to 600 kilowatt - pay for each for 79 cents. And for those who exceeded the 600 kilowatt will have to be paid at the rate of 1, 48 hryvnia (about 6 rubles). Former Minister of housing, utilities Alexey Kucherenko sure that For the vast majority of Ukrainians fresh electricity Tariffs are unaffordable. According to his statement, many Ukrainians gave for utility service last penny at the old prices, And now they raised the Price of a kilowatt-hour And also reduced consumption of very cheap electricity." The increase is a slap in the 1st place in this category of 100-600 kilowatt-hours. Previously the smallest amount of cheap electric power was 150 kilowatts, is now 100. And there is currently no family doesn't fit in these 100 kilowatts ", - noted he. On Sunday, the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that the Ukrainian government from September 1, will raise the minimum wage And subsistence minimum, which will need about 10 billion hryvnia (about five hundred million dollars). August 26, stated that the level of customer settlements of gas to Ukraine in 2015 amounted to 82%, so the citizens owed for natural gas 8 billion hryvnia (24, 6 billion). On July 31, the head of Ukrainian government Arseniy Yatsenyuk said about the critical situation in the energy sector of the country, noting that the Ministry of energy And the organization is not ready to supply people warm this winter.
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