Russia does not heat the Ukraine
The parties can’t recover coal and electric energy supplies.
The efforts of the Ukraine to cover the energy deficit with the help of Russia face more and more obstacles. Following the termination of the Russian coal dispatch, the almost successful attempt to renew the electric energy supply might fail. The deputy Minister of Energy of the Ukraine, V. Ulida, who approved them, has been fired. As a result the country’s energy companies don’t have a choice but to keep the unofficial negotiations on coal purchase with the Governments of the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics but the latter agree to sell fuel by the advance payment.
The Ukraine’s energy companies that have faced a deficit of energy resources keep trying to renew the supplies from Russia. Yesterday the Ministry of Energy of the Ukraine allowed the local companies to import the electric energy from the neighboring countries at the volume of 1.5 GW, the Ministry told Kommersant. There is no import now but the President Poroshenko ordered to work out this issue on November 15th. The National Security and Defense Council ordered the Ministry of Energy to study this issue so as to reduce gas and grease oil use at the thermal power plants. The electric energy import from Russia is possible in the case of exhaustion of the Ukraine’s reserve capacities, the Ministry of Energy of the Ukraine says. According to Interfax, “Energomerezha” (Energoset) and DTEK of R. Akhmetov were issued permissions, each is allowed import up to 1.5 GW. The Minister of Energy of the Ukraine, Y. Prodan, ordered “Ukrinterenergo” (main operator of electric energy export-import) to hold negotiations with Russia upon the volumes of supplies.
