The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine by 30% reduced the limit of gas consumption for municipal plants during the heating season, said on Wednesday the Minister Ostap Semerak.
according to him, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted a decree on measures on maintenance of inhabitants, plants and organizations of natural gas in 2014 or 2015, which envisages significant steps to reduce limits on the use of the gas utility companies. For example, the document envisages the increase of the reduction limits to 30% for heating season ", RIA " Novosti ". In addition, Ukrainian consumers will receive a discount for the transition from gas to electricity, which is connected with the limitation of gas supplies from Russia." The resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers on the promotion of replacement of natural gas in the sphere of heat supply. The government decided that stimulated the transition from gas component to alternative sources, " he said. Before the session of the government Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk announced this decision. According to him, the decision will allow you to install for owners of electric boilers differentiated tariff for electricity: the night of 30 cents per kilowatt (about 3 cents per kilowatt), and at 80 cents per kilowatt (about seven cents per kilowatt). At the moment the electricity tariff is 1, UAH 19 per kilowatt (10, 3 cents). In addition, consumers using heat from gas boilers, will receive the discount at a rate of 10% if the boiler will switch to another type of fuel. First Deputy head of Naftogas Oleksandr Todiychuk said that the gas stocks in underground storage facilities of Ukraine may be enough for the country to November, and With the greatest saving mode - until the end of the year. As of June 27, accumulation of gas in storages of Ukraine was estimated at 14, 24 billion cubic meters. At the same time the Ministry of regional development of Ukraine stated that the heat supply companies of Ukraine are obliged to reduce gas consumption by 10% until the end of 2014. The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has said that the Ukrainian energy market has developed supercritical situation. From our side on Wednesday, Russian Prime Minister D. Medvedev A. said that this year Ukraine will be a full-fledged gas crisis. Remember, after long and fruitless negotiations on 16 June 10. 00 Moscow time Gazprom has introduced the mode of payment for the supply and ceased to supply gas to Ukraine. Currently, the pipeline is only intended for transit to the European Union blue fuel in the amount of 185 million cubic meters per day. The Prime Minister of Russia D. Medvedev A. said that the new Kiev guide artificially created gas crisis, which in the end will hit the Ukrainian economy.

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