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Specially created working group to deal with coal accumulation issues – Energy Ministry
KYIV. Aug 28 (Interfax-Ukraine) – In order to coordinate and monitor the accumulation of coal in the warehouses of TPPs and CHPPs, an interdepartmental working group has been created, the Ministry of Energy said on the website.
According to it, the group included representatives of the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Infrastructure, the State Property Fund (SPF), heads of the generating companies Donbasenergo, Centerenergo, DTEK, and Ukrzaliznytsia.
"We must work in a day-by-day mode to assess the situation and coordinate actions regarding the accumulation of coal in order to pass this heating season without any violations of the security of electricity supplies to consumers," the press service quoted Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko as saying during the first meeting of the group on Friday.
The message also indicates that in the near future, unified reporting forms will be introduced to collect and analyze information on the state of supply of coal products.
As reported, DTEK Energo and PJSC Centerenergo agreed to supply 75,000 tonnes of thermal coal from the United States from Hamilton mine US in the coming months, which they will divide equally upon arrival.
The supply of American coal will be carried out through the international trader Trafigura.
Head of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine, MP Mykhailo Volynets said that coal from the United States would be supplied at UAH 3,150 [about $120] per tonne. At the same time, Ukrainian mines sell coal at UAH 1,650 per tonne.
