On May 15, 2025, the Director of Energy and Infrastructure Programmes of Razumkov Center V. Omelchenko took part in the discussion of the draft resolution of the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission “On price caps in the day-ahead market, intraday market and balancing market”. Speaking there, he stressed the need to implement the principles of electricity pricing of the EU countries in the Ukrainian legislation to ensure market coupling, as the basic condition for investments in the energy sector.
If the price caps are left unchanged, this may lead to a significant deficit of capacities as soon as next summer, when two negative factors come together – increased demand due to rising air temperatures and repairs at NNEGC Energoatom. Current price caps will complicate imports in the evening hours (17:00–23:00), precisely when they are most needed. In addition, one should take into account the significant shortage of gas, given the need to pump it in large volumes into underground storage facilities for a stable heating season.
The event was organized by the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine and attended by representatives of the largest Ukrainian energy and industrial enterprises, NEURC officials and energy market experts – up to 40 people in total.
