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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.

On May 16, 2023, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided 105 diesel generators to the state railway carrier Ukrzaliznytsia JSC. This assistance, worth $2.7 million, will help Ukrzaliznytsia, one of Ukraine's electricity Distribution System Operators, to back up the power supply to more than 100,000 consumers and contribute to uninterrupted passenger and cargo transportation within Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Energy Security Project (ESP), has delivered 667 generators of various capacities for the needs of local councils, district heating utilities, and educational and medical institutions in thirty-four settlements in 14 oblasts of Ukraine. This $6.2 million USAID assistance made it possible to supply heat and electricity to the Ukrainian people during the 2022-2023 heating season.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the Energy Security Project, transferred 137 generators worth about UAH 40 mln to the Communal Utility Kyivteploenergo (CU KTE).

On April 28, 2023, the long-awaited draft Law on Prevention of Abuse in Wholesale Energy Markets (No. 5322), after a lengthy refinement, was approved by the Energy and Utilities Committee and recommended for adoption by the Verkhovna Rada in the second reading, and as a whole. The draft law was registered yet two years ago, on April 1, 2021, approved by the Rada in the first reading on September 20, 2022, and, until now, has been in preparation under a shortened procedure.