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Yatseniuk: needed volume of accumulated coal and gas for winter should be calculated considering the worst-case scenario
15.10.2015 17:13 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
"The Government’s position remains invariable: for the autumn-winter period it is necessary to calculate the worst, not the best scenario. And having this scenario in mind, we must plan the needed amount of accumulated coal and gas," Government Portal reports quoting the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk as saying within the meeting of the Anti-Crisis Energy Staff today.
As to Yatseniuk, the readiness of the entire energy and heating supply system «must be scaled to fit even if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero Celsius.»
As to the report, he stressed that the Government had done everything it could to ensure sufficient financial resource aimed at providing Ukraine with the required gas volumes and necessary electric energy.
«I believe that the financial resource that we have gathered will enable us to purchase the needed gas amounts and to endure the winter,» Yatseniuk said.
At the same time, the PM also stressed problems with coal supplies: «We have lost 85 mines and the situation with coal remains difficult».
However, Yatseniuk admitted the Government had managed to maintain coal supply.
«Primarily due to the private sector, with which we are working very closely, and due to the efforts of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ministry of Defense and the Security Service. But presently, this is not enough. These results are better against the last year similar, but we have still much to work to accumulate the necessary coal volumes,» the PM summed up.
As to the report, Yatseniuk appealed to the heads of Regional State Administrations and local authorities with a request to hold meetings with representatives of the enterprises providing heat supplies and tackle the need of quality services to people.
«People will pay if the quality of service is ensured,» he stressed.
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