Winter is coming: Ukrainians waiting for a record-expensive heating

As stated in the Ministry of social policy: substantive increase in utility prices is already behind us.

The upcoming season could be record expensive for subsidianes: reduced the season length and regulations that is charged to “discount”.

In addition, according to the Memorandum with the IMF in the near future nkreku to introduce a monthly fee for gas.

In October, Ukrainians will come first bills for heating. This heating season may be a record expensive in the first place for subsidianes. So, a few months ago, the Cabinet decided to reduce the heating season for the Ukrainians, who are themselves heat their homes and apartments. If the grant covers the costs for such families on the first of October to 30 of April, this heating season will start for them only on 15 October and will end on April 15. If you turn on the heating early, or to end the heating season later, for the “extra” month will have to pay without subsidies.

In addition, decreased and the consumption rate, which is charged to “utilities discount”. For example, the subsidy covers 5.5 cubic meters of gas for heating per square meter, now only five cubes. The ratio of electricity consumption decreased from 65 to 51 kWh of electricity (if electric heating) and Central heating – 0,0548 to 0,0431 Gcal of heat (if the Central heating).

At the same time, the coordinator of housing programs of the civil network OPORA Tetiana Boiko is sure that social standards are too high and should be reduced. So, the Ukrainians are no subsidies in the past heating season used twice less gas to heat homes, says the expert.

As stated in the Ministry of social policy: substantive increase in utility prices is already behind us. So, in March of this year was the final stage of the increase in the cost of electricity, and in October of last year, when the Cabinet will increase the price of gas to 6,879 hryvnia per cubic meter, Prime Minister Vladimir Groisman stated that the last increase in the state’s history.

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