Up to 11 UAH per kW: the expert explained how tariffs for communal

To extend: information about the likely rise in utilities by 50% in the media has spread in the media by agreement with the International Monetary Fund, they say, now Ukrainians pay only half of the market price. Such tariffs will have great consequences for the population of Ukraine. The Union of Consumers of Utilities of Ukraine explained what the IMF requires. But why market prices are not by 50 percent, but by 120 percent, TSN writes.

Oleg Popenko, the chairman of the consumer union of consumers of Ukraine, states that the IMF does not specifically indicate 50% of growth in his memorandum, but rather emphasizes the need to move to market prices for utilities. However, according to him, "market prices are not by 50 percent. " "For example, the market value of electricity can reach 9-11 hryvnias per kW/h. This means that the rise in prices for the population is possible not by 50%, but by 120%.

Similar to gas: its market value in Ukraine ranges from 20-25 to more Popenko. According to him, the cost of water supply services for household consumers does not rise in so significantly, since it does not depend on gas and electricity prices. However, increasing electricity tariffs for household consumers will increase the cost of maintenance of apartment buildings by about 20%.

"The greatest impact of increasing gas tariffs will have on heat and hot water services, since 95% of their cost depends on the price of blue fuel. That is, if the cost of gas increases by 100%, then the tariffs for hot water and heat will increase proportionally," the expert predicts. Oleg Popenko says that this will have great consequences for the population of Ukraine, because it is difficult for many Ukrainians to pay for utilities at current tariffs.

Any increase in tariffs will automatically increase consumer debt for housing and communal services. According to Oleg Popenko's calculations, unofficial debt is already about UAH 200 billion. He is convinced that in this case, raising tariffs can lead to a complete catastrophe, driving the sphere of housing into a deep pit that will not be exit. Popenko emphasizes that the IMF does not put forward ultimatums, but only "recommends 2 raising tariffs for electricity and gas to market.

However, as Popenko notes, in most European countries there is no attachment of tariffs to the market at all, and each country independently determines its own tariff policy. powerful. "No Cabinet representative has come out and stated that an outraged IMF Memorandum, who wants to raise tariffs in Ukraine after the war.