According to Rostislav Shurma, the situation in the Ukrainian energy system may improve due to better weather conditions. Continuing efforts of emergency teams to restore destroyed facilities will also bear fruit.
The situation with regard to energy supply in Ukraine may become much better in mid-March – early April. Rostyslav Shurma, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, spoke about this during a debate in the Ukrainian Parliament at the International Economic Forum in Davos.
According to him, the improvement of weather conditions and the increase in daylight hours will positively affect the situation in the energy system in the country. In addition, the OP spokesperson said the continued efforts of the repair teams to restore infrastructure destroyed by Russian attacks will also bear fruit.
“I think the supply situation from mid-March to early April [электроэнергии] It should be much better,” said Shurma.
According to the official, seasonal energy consumption will decrease by 25-30%. This is possible by turning off the heat pumps. Consumers will also start to heat the apartments less with the use of electrical appliances.
Shurma emphasizes that the power cuts that Ukraine is experiencing today are a problem, but not that critical. He added that domestic enterprises in all sectors are now using about 50-70% of their capacity. In this way, factories adapt their programs to produce 70-80% of their previous performance.
Still, prices are rising in the state, Shurma says. According to him, this is due to global energy pricing and the restructuring of the entire energy supply system in Europe. The OP representative believes that prices will gradually fall and return to the previous level in a few years.
Recall that on January 16, DTEK’s YASNO Group CEO, Serhiy Kovalenko, said that the situation with energy supply in Ukraine is still difficult, so shutdowns are the only way “not to make things worse”.
The press service of the Central Bank of Ukraine on January 12 said that inflation in the country will slow down in 2023 due to a consistent economic policy with the support of international partners.
Source: Focus
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