#Electricity Import

ICC Ukraine has urged NEURC to set electricity market price caps at 18,000 UAH/MWh, citing risks to EU imports and investments in flexible generation.

Volodymyr Omelchenko, Director of Energy Programs at the Razumkov Centre, warned that current price caps could block electricity imports from the EU during the winter. The expert urged a transition to the European methodology for setting price caps without affecting household tariffs.

Expert Volodymyr Omelchenko stated that current price caps restrain electricity imports to Ukraine and could worsen the winter deficit. Price caps need to be raised to ensure EU supplies remain attractive.

Following October strikes, Ukraine's available generation could drop to 8 GW, while current price caps will make imports of up to 2.5 GW from Europe economically unviable, Razumkov Centre experts warn.

Experts expect that electricity imports from Europe to Ukraine will become expensive this winter due to high European tariffs and nuclear generation problems in Romania. This may require a review of price caps to maintain import affordability.

Current price caps hinder commercial electricity imports from Europe during shortages, threatening rolling blackouts and expensive emergency assistance.

Vladimir Omelchenko, Director of Energy Programs at the Razumkov Centre, warned that the current NEURC price caps may again restrict electricity imports from Europe during the winter period if European prices exceed the set ceiling. The expert called on the regulator to change the principle of setting the limits before the cold weather arrives.

Former head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudritsky stated that artificial price caps and manual regulation prevent Ukraine from fully importing electricity from Europe during hours of shortage, undermining investor confidence.

Razumkov Center expert Omelchenko stated that the manual mode of price caps prevents Ukraine from using up to 2.5 GW of electricity imports during deficit hours. A transition to European pricing principles is needed.

The Cabinet of Ministers has exempted enterprises covering at least 80% of consumption through imports or their own generation from electricity outage schedules. The measure is designed to stimulate distributed generation ahead of a difficult winter.