Despite the fact that the war has been going on in Ukraine for the third year, people are left without housing and work, and there are regular blackouts, the unified electricity tariff is changing for the second time. On May 31, 2024, the government raised it once again – before that, Ukrainians paid UAH 2.64/kWh, regardless of the level of consumption, but from now on it has increased by 63.6%, so individual and collective household consumers will have to pay UAH 4.32 hryvnias/kWh
It should be noted that earlier the government promised a differentiated system of tariffs: for the first 100 kWh, the consumer had to pay according to the old tariff – 2.64 UAH/kWh, and for all subsequent ones – 4.8 UAH/kWh. However, not everything happened as expected. According to the estimate of the Ministry of Energy, for the average monthly consumption of electricity in the amount of 170 kWh, the payment of Ukrainians increased by an average of 285 hryvnias. Tariffs for individual and collective household consumers who live in houses equipped with electric heating systems have also changed. In the period from June 1 to September 30, they will pay UAH 4.32/kWh, and in the period from October 1 to April 30:
- when consuming up to 2,000 kW per month – UAH 2.64/kW;
- more than 2,000 kW per month – UAH 4.32/kW.
Many people now have two-zone (night and day) and three-zone meters. From June 1, the two-zone tariff (from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.) is UAH 2.16/kWh (+63.6%).
Those who installed a three-zone meter (night, semi-peak, peak) will pay a tariff for electricity that depends on the time of day. However, the three-zone tariff (from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.) also rose in price by 63.6% to UAH 6.48/kWh (prior to that, Ukrainians paid UAH 3.96/kWh). The three-zone tariff in the period from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. is set at UAH 1.728/kWh (+63.6%). Before that, consumers paid UAH 1.056/kWh.
How much is paid for electricity in European countries?
The highest electricity prices are set in Germany (€0.40 per kWh), Belgium and Ireland (€0.38 per kWh).
The following are paid per kWh:
- in Denmark – 0.36 euros;
- in Cyprus – 0.35 euros;
- in Italy – 0.33 euros;
- in the Czech Republic – 0.32 euros;
- in Latvia – 0.28 euros;
- in Austria – 0.27 euros;
- in France – 0.26 euros;
- in the Netherlands – 0.25 euros;
- in Finland – 0.24 euros;
- in Greece, Estonia, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania – 0.23 euros;
- in Poland, Sweden – 0.22 euros;
- in Slovenia – 0.21 euros;
- in Luxembourg – 0.20 euros;
- in Norway, Romania and Slovakia – 0.19 euros;
- in Iceland – 0.16 euros;
- in Croatia and Moldova – 0.15 euros;
- in Bulgaria and Macedonia – 0.12 euros;
- in Albania and Hungary – 0.11 euros;
- in Serbia and Montenegro – 0.10 euros;
- in Bosnia and Herzegovina – 0.08 euros;
- in Kosovo – 0.07 euros.
Along with this, government representatives predict major problems with electricity in the upcoming heating season, so they advise residents of multi-apartment buildings to take care of themselves in advance. Officials say that if they have individual pumps that pump water into the heating system, the city authorities, most likely, simply will not have time to heal them physically. Therefore, Ukrainians are urged to provide their homes with backup generators, that is, they will have to spend even more money.
At the same time, salaries of energy workers remain at a high level. Thus, PJSC “National Energy Company Ukrenergo” refused to name the salary of the chairman of the board Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, but announced the salary of the entire board of the company (Kudrytskyi and four members of the board) – their average monthly salary is more than UAH 2 million. In December 2023, the board earned an average of 1.5 million UAH, in January 2024 – 848.8 thousand UAH, in February – 353.1 thousand UAH, in March – 499.2 thousand UAH, and in April – UAH 2.1 million. OBOZ.UA received such a response to the request, however, the company refused to disclose the information of the heads of regional branches. It is not difficult to guess that the salary of the head of PJSC “National Energy Company Ukrenergo” is significantly different from that of the board members. However, it is not known why their salary increased 4 times in April.
It should be noted that, justifying the new electricity tariffs, the government of Ukraine called them “forceful” for the population and explained that they are a “political compromise between the social protection of the population and the real needs of the energy industry.”
