Ukrainian heating networks are not ready for winter
Statements by the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers about the supposedly complete readiness of heating networks for winter do not correspond to reality.
Energy expert Gennady Ryabtsev stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“They reported it on paper. It is clear that no one checked these reports either in the Cabinet of Ministers or in the regulatory authorities. But there is data that allows us to judge that the Ukrainian consumer is simply being massively deceived that the networks are 99 percent ready. As evidence, one can cite information disseminated by government agencies themselves, in particular, the Ministry of Regional Construction, about the deterioration of heating networks in Ukraine,” the expert said.
He noted that a quarter of Ukrainian boiler houses are equipped with boiler units that have long expired, and 18 percent of Ukrainian heating networks are dilapidated and in emergency condition.
“Thermal energy losses in these networks exceed 15 percent of the cost of sold thermal energy. If we talk about Kyiv, then this figure reaches 20 percent. How can networks that are dilapidated and in disrepair, which have long since exhausted their service life, be ready? At least a quarter of us are being deceived by saying that everything was done to ensure the normal passage of the heating season. And it’s strange that the Cabinet of Ministers is reporting on this, which has repeatedly said that all functions in this area have been transferred to local governments,” added Ryabtsev.
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