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Factsheet: Electric energy
Electric energy
Key Information
Country/Region:
Europe (non EU)
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UKRAINE (Ukrayina)
Description:
The Law regulates production, transmission, supply and use of energy. The term energy means electric or thermal energy. The basic principles in the electric energy sector are: (a) state regulation; (b) environmental protection; (c) ecological safety; (d) development of renewable energy sources. The Law consists of six Sections divided into 29 articles dealing with the following matters: general provisions (Sect. 1); authorized institutions (Sect. 2); state regulation in the energy sector (Sect. 3); economic and organizational mechanism of the energy sector (Sect. 4); international cooperation (Sect. 5) and additional provisions (Sect. 6). The state regulation shall be carried out by the State Inspection over Operation of Electric Power Stations and by the State Inspection for Supervision over Consumption of Electric and Thermal Energy. The state supervision shall be carried out through granting licences in the electric energy sector. The aforesaid activities in the electric energy sector shall be licensed. Electric energy enterprises must reduce negative environmental impact. Law 5485: article 1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “For certification of the origin of electric energy produced from renewable sources the authorized state institution shall issue to the producer certificate of origin of electric energy at his request”. Article 15 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Electric energy from alternative renewable sources can be traded on wholesale energy market of Ukraine in accordance with contracts concluded with consumers of distributors of electric energy”. Article 17-1 shall be amended to add the following wording: “The State shall guarantee subsidies for stimulation of production of electric energy from renewable sources”.
Goal/Aim:
Incentives for domestic use of biomass for energy. Regulate energy production, renewable energy and internal trade.
Type (and subtype) :
Economic/financial instruments
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Investment Subsidies
Regulatory (binding) instruments
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Permitting
Regulatory (binding) instruments
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Requirements
Sector/Topic targeted:
Energy
Status:
In force
Impact on regional bioeconomy objectives
Fostering effective governance and involvement of the society:
Not Relevant
Building a strong research, development and innovation base:
Not Relevant
Enhancing the creation of jobs and ensuring availability of required skills:
Not Relevant
Building competitive biobased industries:
Not Relevant
Creating a reliable and enabling policy setting:
Not Relevant
Address the (multilevel) cooperations needed to start biobased businesses:
Not Relevant
Creating an attractive environment including infrastructure:
Not Relevant
Availability of financial resources:
Not Relevant
Learning from the strategies/actions of other regions, clusters,...:
Not Relevant
Fostering the development of strong biobased markets:
Not Relevant
Contact References
Full name of Instrument & Measure (English):
Law on Electric energy No. 5485/2013 amending Law No. N 575/97-VR
Links:
http://www.erranet.org/
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/texts/ukr124645.doc
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/ukr67594E.pdf
Contact of Responsible Authority:
http://rada.gov.ua/
Completed by:
VITO
Completed on:
June, 2015
Advanced Information
Feedstock type targeted:
Agriculture/Horticulture
Aqua/Marine/Fishing (including algae)
Forestry
Industry byproducts
Landscape care
Waste
Product type targeted:
Electricity
Heating/Cooling
Combined Heat and Power
Value Chain:
Conversion / transformation / processing
Distribution/sales
Year Instrument & Measure Started:
1997
Year Last Instrument & Measure was last Amended:
2013