On March 21, 2025, the Director of Energy and Infrastructure Programmes of Razumkov Centre Volodymyr Omelchenko took part in a meeting of the Commission's Working Group dealing with the financial and economic activities of NEC Ukrenergo.
Opening the meeting, the Commission Chairman Oleksiy Kucherenko noted that the Commission followed the principles of impartiality and professionalism in its work and continued to study global problems that had arisen in the energy sector. He noted that this meeting was called to consider pricing in the electricity market and its factors, to investigate the efficiency of managerial decisions of NEC Ukrenergo, some issues of its activities, violations in the electricity market and other related issues.
Volodymyr Omelchenko, speaking at the meeting, noted that the losses of NPC Ukrenergo were mainly caused by the unbalanced tariff policy of the NEURC and the Government, as well as the problems created around the work of the Company's Supervisory Board. He emphasized the need for a more detailed analysis of the financial report in order to identify possible violations.
The participants separately raised the topic of the 2022 blackout, analyzing the company's reaction and readiness for such scenarios. However, due to the restricted character of some information, they decided to consider this issue behind closed doors.
The meeting was attended by the Commission members, people's deputies, acting Chairman and members of the Board, officials and members of the Supervisory Board of NEC "Ukrenergo" PJSC, officials from the Ministry of Energy, NEURC, Ukrhydroenergo, NSDC, law enforcement agencies, public organizations, specialized media, other subject matter specialists and experts, up to 40 people in total.
