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On June 22, 2023, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) ceremoniously completed a training program on gender equality and non-discrimination in the workplace for employees of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine.

On June 21st, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) presented the Heat Supply Scheme of Khmelnytskyi to the local authorities and discussed the prospects for implementing the recommended scenario of the document.

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through the USAID Energy Security Project, has provided 20 emergency vehicles worth about $4 million to help local governments and utilities promptly repair district heating networks damaged by Russia's strikes on critical infrastructure in Bucha, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Zaporizhzhya, Vasylkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Odesa, Bila Tserkva, Brovary, Rivne, Poltava, and Ternopil. Each vehicle comes with digging, cutting, welding, and safety equipment to allow energy workers to quickly repair damaged infrastructure and ensure that Ukrainians have access to heat and hot water both now and during the next winter season.

The USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) congratulates the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the national energy regulatory authority (the NEURC), other stakeholders engaged, and all fair market players with the passage of the draft law No. 5322 on amendments to laws regarding the prevention of abuses in the wholesale energy markets.

On June 8th, 2023, a draft Methodology for calculating penalties for violations of legislation and license terms in the energy and utility sectors was presented in an online event. This draft document was prepared for the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (hereinafter – NEURC/Regulator) as a result of a two-year effort led by the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) with the...

To implement the provisions of Item 12 Part One Article 58 and Item 8 Part One, and Item I Part Two Article 57 of the Law of Ukraine “On Electricity Market,” NEURC (after this referred to as the Regulator) approved changes to the Electricity Retail Market Rules having guaranteed the right of all retail electricity customers (both household and non-household) to sell the surplus energy generated by their own generating plant to the power supplier at a contractual price.

Since 2018, the USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) has been supporting the Government of Ukraine (GoU) in aligning the country’s energy markets (primarily, their overall setup and core principles of functioning) with the ones of the European Union. Among other support, USAID ESP has been helping GoU address the pending transposition of the EU legislation (acquis communautaire) pertinent to the electricity and gas sectors and ensuring its further effective implementation in Ukraine.

USAID Energy Security Project (ESP) has launched a collaborative effort with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) to integrate the principles of gender equality and social inclusivity into the security and civil defense sectors. These principles are considered one of the most important aspects of the SESU’s key activities, in addition to emergency response and disaster management, rescue operations, rescue team management, and the overall organization of civil defense, emergency protection, and emergency prevention.