✉️ Letter response from NPC "Ukrenergo"

EUEA received the response of NPC "Ukrenergo" to the Association's letter dated March 6, 2023, regarding the current situation and expectations in 2023, regarding settlements with SE "Guaranteed Buyer".

The letter is attached.

⚡️The Energy Community Secretariat launches the post-mediation process

Om March 27, 2023, the Secretariat launched a process meant to settle the current problems faced by the sector. The post-mediation process focuses on unresolved issues, addresses new challenges occurring after the full-scale war of aggression by russia and intends to help restoring trust among the key actors. In the immediate, the process will focus on the settlement of outstanding debts by the Guaranteed Buyer towards renewable energy producers, revising the formula for imbalance payments to the Guaranteed Buyer and the corporate governance reform of the Guaranteed Buyer. Details.

✔️A round table on the mechanism of Guarantees of Origin took place

Today, March 31, the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada on Energy, Housing and Utilities Services organized a discussion with the participation of representatives of the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Community Secretariat, MPs, NEURC, Guaranteed Buyer, Associations and RES producers regarding the introduction of the guarantee of origin of electricity produced from RES, the relevance of the mechanism of issuing guarantees origin for exporters, etc.

Recording of the meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWBUd_759So

✍🏻 Naftogaz and the Energy Community will create an expert group to strengthen energy security

NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine together with the Energy Community Secretariat will create an expert group to develop tools for strengthening Ukrainian energy security. Among the issues that the group will be involved in, in particular, the increase in gas production, EU certification and use of Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities, as well as the implementation of European standards on the Ukrainian gas market. Details.

✔️ The CMU approved the procedure for the introduction of emission control systems by the industry

At the meeting on March 28, the Government approved the procedure for the introduction of mandatory automated pollutant emission control systems by industrial enterprises. The procedure establishes a single mechanism for the introduction of mandatory automated control systems (ACS) of pollutant emissions and the implementation of automated instrumental and laboratory measurements of the parameters of pollutant emissions from organized stationary sources of emissions. Details.

👉🏻The British government has announced that it will include nuclear energy in "green" energy

Britain will allow investors to count nuclear power as a "green" investment, the British government has announced, the Financial Times reports. The British government announced that consultations on green taxonomy will be held for this purpose in autumn. Reporting for companies under this taxonomy will be voluntary for two years, but may then become mandatory. Details.

✔️ The European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a preliminary agreement on the expansion of charging infrastructure for environmentally friendly vehicles

As Euractiv reports, according to the agreement, by 2026 charging stations for electric vehicles will be placed every 60 km on the main EU highways. By 2028, high-capacity chargers for trucks and buses should be installed on at least half of the EU's core network every 120 km, and by 2031, hydrogen refueling stations will be installed at least every 200 km.