Industry associations once again called for no increase in Ukrenergo tariffs

The Ukrmetprom association of enterprises, the National Association of Mining Industries of Ukraine (NAMU), and the Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA) have once again appealed to the prime minister over the regulator’s intention – NEURC to finally approve an increase in tariffs for electricity transmission and dispatch services for 2026 on December 5.

This is stated in a joint appeal by the associations.

As noted, the regulator proposes the following tariff increases:

• from 686.23 to 785.39 UAH/MWh (+14%) for electricity transmission,
• from 98.97 to 110.03 UAH/MWh (+11%) for dispatch management.

The associations note that they have repeatedly drawn the attention of the regulator and Ukrenergo to the possibility of optimizing the company’s costs without any negative impact on network security, technological processes, and the performance of special duties. However, after collecting comments and suggestions, the draft tariffs were not revised, and the NEURC left them at the previous level, without taking into account the reasonable comments.

“The proposed increase is critically unacceptable for industrial enterprises: according to our calculations, it will lead to an increase in costs of UAH 8.1 billion in 2026. In the context of war and the energy crisis, the additional financial burden creates serious risks of reduced production, job losses, and overall industrial potential of the country,” the statement said.

Industry associations believe that the tariff for dispatch (operational and technological) management next year can be maintained at the current level of UAH 98.97/MWh, without reducing the volume of ancillary services and with full provision of the system’s needs by optimizing costs in Ukrenergo’s tariffs.

Earlier, UkrFA appealed to the authorities not to allow another increase in Ukrenergo’s tariffs for next year. They stressed that such changes would be another blow to the domestic electrometallurgical industry, for which the cost of electricity is the main factor in the cost of production. According to the association’s estimates, the increase in tariffs will lead to a significant increase in enterprises’ costs, a loss of competitiveness in foreign markets, and may cause the shutdown of individual units or even entire workshops.