Tariff task

lack of budgeted capital money to pay off Kyivenerho puts economic center of the country to the brink of disaster …

For the history of the Kiev energy unit has not been such modes of power. This can lead to its complete disintegration.

Chairman of the Board Kyivenergo Eduard Sokolovsky said last week that the duty of the city before the company amounts to UAH 1.239 billion. According to him, it is so much capital owed as compensation for the difference between the current tariffs for the population and the real costs of service companies. In this long stretch since 2000, said Mr. Sokolowski, if Kievgorgosadministratsiya (KSCA) in the near future will not settle accounts with Kyivenergo, the company went to court. If in three days, according to the instructions of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the metropolitan government will not solve the issue with the payment of debt, Kyivenerho will be forced to once again plead with the KSCA.

The company already has experience of a positive decision from the authorities and other companies in court , - said Mr. Sokolowski. In turn, the mayor did not hurry to transfer the funds to community services. Thus, it is estimated Anatoly Golubchenko, Acting Chairman of the KSCA, the city owes Kyivenerho only 827 million UAH. The official said that in the near future mayor expects to pay 318 mln UAH. This amount will be netting: there is a complicated set-off between NAK Naftogaz Ukraine , the budget and KSCA, - he said.

In addition, another 855 million UAH. company owed customers. To frighten the past, the utility cut off power in August, the worst defaulters. According to Mr. Sokolowski, more than all the company owed Kyivvodocanal. It is noteworthy that this year the city has already listed Kyivenerho 900 million UAH. to repay debts. This had to take the credit.

At the same time Kyivenerho be almost 600 million UAH. Gaz of Ukraine, a subsidiary of Naftogaz of Ukraine . By the way, this duty is a kind of guarantee that the KCSA still will pay a Kyivenerho. After all, the debt of the company to allow NAC Kyivenerho in May to knock out the money from City Hall. Then the crucial role played by the Government with the task KSCA as soon as possible to attract credit resources for the calculation of community services, which, in turn handed them over to NAK Naftogaz Ukraine .

Entangled increase

To avoid further accumulation of arrears to the company, the city authorities in May took the decision to raise utility tariffs for the population in the second half actually twice, but then the government stepped in, who considered such an increase in the economically unjustified.

Thus, according to Alexander Mazurchaka, Deputy Minister of Housing and utilities, tariff increases should be conducted parallel with improving the quality of services provided. At the same time, representatives of Kyivenergo declare: current rates cover only slightly more than half the real cost of housing services, so long about some improvement in the quality of these services can not speak. As a result, in Kiev, had the ambiguous position: on the one hand, it seems like there are new tariffs, on the other - Cabinet calls on the population of these fares do not pay that, to put it mildly, is not conducive to raising the level of payments for utility services.

is worth noting that in disputing the need for tariff increases, the Government has only delayed the inevitable, because in accordance with the terms on which the Cabinet in late July, received the third tranche of the International Monetary Fund, before the end of the year should be increased gas price for population and Companies Teplokommunenergo. National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has already stated that the price of gas for the enterprises from November 1 will increase by 20%. According to experts, this will inevitably entail a new round of tariff increases. Raising the price of gas for enterprises Teplokommunenergo would increase the cost of heating and hot water, at least 14%, - said Alexander Popov, former Minister for Housing.

According to experts, respondents BUSINESS, officials would be worth, instead of talking about unreasonable increase in tariffs to understand what Kyivenerho includes fees for their services. There is a formula by which the company expects Teplokommunenergo rates for their services, but still do not know, for example, any heat loss lay in Kyivenerho when assessing the cost of transporting the same hot water to the population, - said Alexander Yakovenko, the head of the Association of the thermal companies in Ukraine.

agrees with him and Alexander Sergienko, head of research and research center Urban Institute: Guide Kyivenerho always said that he expected prices in accordance with the formula established by the Cabinet, but the actual numbers of these calculations does not publicize, but this does not indicate that the tariffs are calculated transparently.

curious that each year the amount, which is estimated Kyivenergo, should compensate the city, is rapidly increasing. Thus, if the outcome of last year the company estimates that KSCA should compensate her a little more than 500 million UAH., Then, according to preliminary estimates, this year, this amount should grow to 1 billion UAH. For comparison: the budget of Donetsk in the current year amounts to little more than 2 billion UAH. In Kyivenerho such a sharp increase in the amount of compensation account for the growth of gas prices and salaries of employees. But do not forget that the cost of gas for enterprises Teplokommunenergo over the last year is not increased as rapidly as for industrial enterprises. For example, if the latter are paying now for over 1 thousand cubic meters of gas 2,5 thousand grn., Then the company Teplokommunenergo from December 1, 2008 shall pay a fixed price (878 UAH). Established by NERC. And the growth in average wages in the capital since the beginning of the crisis, to put it mildly, has slowed down …

no money, and is not expected

At the same time, data on the implementation of the capital budget up to 7 months of this year indicate that the city treasury is simply no money to compensate for the losses public utilities. In particular, the profitable part of the Kiev treasury as of August 1, completed only 35% (6.8 billion UAH. Of 19.6 billion UAH.). The budget deficit now amounts to 1.4 billion UAH. Because during this period, the city spent $ 8 billion UAH. (annual plan - 19.9 billion UAH.). Estimated by Dmitry Andrievsky, deputy city council from Bloc Klitschko, 7 months KCSA not fulfilled the plan for the cost of 3.5 billion UAH. If the capital coffers will be filled at a pace that by the end of the accumulated significant debts, even the payment of salaries to state employees, - said Mr. Andrievsky. Significantly, the funding for housing and communal services in Kiev has not yet begun, in other words, the city has not yet begun preparations for the heating season. Since neither the city nor the utility companies do not invest in updating technical documentation, as well as the disruption of gas supplies, utilities Kiev, according to the former head of government Kyivenerho Ivan Plachkov, remains on the brink of disaster.

For the history of the Kiev energy unit has not been such modes of power. Emergency Power units Kiev HPP-6 and work with a minimum capacity of HPP-5 fraught not only with the cessation of hot water two thirds of the population of the city. This is also an unprecedented threat to the collapse of energy capital, - assures Plachkov.

Given the state of implementation of the municipal budget, it is obvious that the KSCA is unlikely to be able to repay their own debts Kyivenerho. There are several scenarios. First of all, the city may seek assistance from the government. However, the central authorities are forced to resort to external borrowing to cover the budget deficit, so rely on the assistance of the Cabinet of the capital city administration, probably not worth it. You can try to get another loan to make payments to Kyivenergo, the benefit in the capital still have enough real estate, bail which can attract money. But do not forget that the city and without the lack of debt. In particular, at the beginning of the total external and internal debt of Kiev were more than 5 billion UAH. That is equal to a quarter of its 2009 budget.

current situation in the capital benefit primarily the government, because the lack of gorbyudzhete funds to pay off Kyivenergo, which, in turn, owes Naftogaz of Ukraine , allows the Cabinet to oversee the work of the city authorities, to which the Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has long sought. At the same time, we can confidently say that until the end of the year, both central and city authorities will look at the problem of public sector and the energy of Kiev through the prism of the presidential election. And after the completion of the winner will closely follow the guidelines of the capital of their job, and energy coupled with a tariff policy would be for the good background.

Kamenev, Maxim

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