E-petition to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with the initiative to reduce the price of natural gas for residents registered on the first day of the week on the Internet office of the head of the country.

"The government of Ukraine and NERC on behalf of the Prime Minister (Arseny) Yatsenyuk is obliged to review the existing rates for natural gas and minimize them to the level of production costs in Ukraine ", - said in the text of the petition, which gained 70 signatures.

the Creator of the petition wrote that, in his vision, domestic gas output is bound to go only on domestic needs of the country's residents and its Price should not exceed $ 136.

Own gas production in Ukraine in 2014, according to "Naftogaz" amounted to 20, 5 billion cubic meters. In 2013, the country had produced 21 billion cubic meters. The gas balance to 2015 approved by Ukrainian government in April, provides for the consumption of 40 billion cubic meters When you import 25 billion cubic meters. Before the head of "Naftogaz" Andrey Kobelev argued that Ukraine in 2020 may increase the extraction of conventional gas on 27-29 billion cubic meters, i.e. more than twice.

The process of petition began on the Internet office of the head of the country on August 28. Electronic petition addressed to the President of Ukraine, is considered subject to collection in support of More than 25 thousand signatures of Residents for less than three months from the date of promulgation. If the petition gaining the appropriate number of votes, the President may make in the prescribed manner to the Verkhovna Rada the draft laws aimed at solving the petition questions.

before the first day of the week it was announced that 25 thousand votes-a petition initiative to stop the supply of electric energy to Crimea.

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