“The National Bank expects that the current tariffs for gas, heating and hot water supply will not be revised in 2025.”, — write: www.epravda.com.ua
The National Bank expects that the current tariffs for gas, heating and hot water supply will not be revised in 2025.
About this it is said in the new inflation report.
However, as noted in the message, in view of the difficult situation in the energy industry, it is predicted that the gradual reduction of these tariffs to their economically reasonable levels will begin in 2026.
“Uncertainty regarding the timing and amount of tariff adjustments, primarily energy tariffs, is a separate risk for the inflation forecast. In the event of a rapid increase in the cost of energy carriers or other tariffs, an additional contribution to the inflation indicator will be formed in housing and communal services, and there will also be a need to increase subsidies for the population,” – says the reports
On the other hand, as noted in the National Bank of Ukraine, the long-term postponement of decisions on increasing tariffs for housing and communal services services will lead to a lower level of inflation, but will accumulate quasi-fiscal imbalances and worsen the financial condition of state-owned energy companies.
We will remind:
In July 2022, the Verkhovna Rada supported the government’s draft law on a moratorium on raising tariffs for heating, hot water and gas. The moratorium is valid for the duration of martial law plus six months.