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19 of August, 17:34

Kiev agreed to sell electricity to Poland twice as expensive than it buys from Russia.
Ukraine in the framework of assistance to Poland because of the difficult situation with energy supply in the country due to abnormally hot weather would sell electricity in her last month of summer for the price of 7 5 cents per 1 kW/h.
data about it informs news Agency referring to the resolution of the National Council for regulation of energy and utilities (CREATED).
according to experts, the cost of 7 5 cents per 1 kW/h ? high enough. As reported before, the Minister of energy and coal industry Vladimir Demchishin, Ukraine imports electricity from Russia at a price of just below 90 Ukrainian copecks for 1 kW/h (3, 68 cents at current exchange rates). According to the Minister, Ukraine since the second half increased the price of electricity to Crimea on 14, 4% 3, 42 rubles per kW/h. The operators of the power systems of Poland and Ukraine 17 August signed an agreement to supply electric energy to Poland. According to " Ukrenergo ", the maximum amount of emergency assistance to Poland is 235 MW. Remember, August 13th Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed the Ministry of energy and coal industry to exert influence to assist the energy system of Poland, which is experiencing stress due to the heat. Remember, 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. Before this it was declared that, According to Demchishin, to complete the preparation for the heating season in Ukraine is not enough resources for the purchase of natural gas and coal.

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