The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) approved at its open meeting on September 14 the package of resolutions on formation of incentive based tariffs in the district water supply and sewage sectors. All the documents were developed with active participation of the USAID Municipal Energy Reform Project in Ukraine (USAID Project). “Adoption of these procedures will allow the service providers not only to receive in a transparent and timely manner investments for modernization or development of their infrastructure (replacement of outdated equipment, use of the modern energy efficient technologies, etc.). This will also allow the Ukrainians to receive better quality communal services,” – said Diana Korsakaite, Chief of Party of the USAID Project, in her speech at the meeting.  This summer, the NEURC has already approved the regulatory framework for incentive tariffs in the heating sector that was developed together with the USAID Project experts.

You can find the texts of the resolutions here:

•"On Approval of the Policy for Formation of Tariffs for District Water Supply and Sewage on Principles of Incentive Regulation";

•"On Approval of the Procedure for Setting of Tariffs for District Water Supply and Sewage on Principles of Incentive Regulation";

•"On Determining Regulatory Rate of Return on Regulatory Asset Base for Subject of Natural Monopolies Carrying Out (Intending to Carry Out) Business Activities on District Water Supply and Sewage";

•"On Approval of the Policy for Determining Regulatory Asset Base for Subject of Natural Monopolies Carrying Out (Intending to Carry Out) Business Activities on District Water Supply and Sewage".