News - page #37

District heating providers currently owe UAH 24.6 bln for consumed energy.

Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Ihor Nasalyk reminded to the energy generating companies that as from January 1, 2018, the use of fuel oil with a sulfur content exceeding 1% will be forbidden.

A group of environmental organizations has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration for delaying an Obama-era rule that regulates the release of methane from drilling operations on federal and tribal land.

The most polluting investor-owned companies on the list are ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron

Fossils fuels are no longer the largest recipient of investment in the energy sector, the latest report from the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.

Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Ihor Nasalyk expects National Joint Stock Company (NJSC) "Naftogaz of Ukraine" to familiarize the Ministry with its plans and estimates of natural gas injection into the underground storage (UGS) facilities.

Starting from 2006, household payments for consumed utility services have fluctuated at the level of 92-97% and currently stand at 103% of the charged amounts.

The head of the Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration, Yurii Harbuz, has said that in order to prevent disconnection of local facilities from energy supply, the regional energy supply company Luhansk Energy Association should be transferred into state management for the duration of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO).

The company’s management has protested the seizure of its accounts to the President of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada.

The Ukrainian Prime Minister has re-allocated UAH 24 bln of budget funds for subsidies, roads and medicine.

The Parliamentary Committee for Environmental Policy, Nature Management and Liquidation of Consequences of the Chorbobyl Disaster has rejected the Draft Law “On Introducing Amendments to the Law ‘On Peculiarities of Access to Information in the Fields of Electric Power Supply, Natural Gas Supply, Heat Supply, Centralized Hot Water Supply, Centralized Drinking Water Supply, and Water Drainage’”.

The Draft Laws “On Commercial Metering of Utility Services” (No. 4901) and “On Energy Efficiency of Buildings” (No. 4941-д) will have their second readings tomorrow, June 22.

Georgian Parliament ratified the accession agreement with all 89 members of the Parliament present voting unanimously in favour.

Former MP Mykola Martynenko has said that he is not planning to leave Ukraine and apply for political asylum in other countries.

Judge of Kyiv's Solomiansky district court Oleksandr Bobrovnyk has released former MP Mykola Martynenko on bail guaranteed by several lawmakers.

PJSC Ukrtransgaz in 2016 saw net loss rise by 42.5% (by UAH 1.829 billion) compared to 2015, to UAH 6.136 billion.

PJSC Ukrtransnafta will pay UAH 1.519 billion in dividends for 2016 to Naftogaz Ukrainy, according to the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission.

U.S. President Donald Trump this week will sign new executive orders before he completes his first 100 days in office, including two on energy and the environment, which would make it easier for the United States to develop energy on and offshore, a White House official said on Sunday.