KYIV, Dec 10 – Underground gas storage (UGS) facilities of Ukraine have large potential for commercially successful operation, Head of Naftogaz integrated gas business unit Andriy Favorov said.

KYIV, Dec 10 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has expanded the list of prequalified gas suppliers that are eligible to participate in tenders announced by Naftogaz for gas purchase using funds received from the EBRD within the framework of Naftogaz's eurobond placement in 2019 from 11 to 14 companies.

KYIV, Dec 10 – The guaranteed price of natural gas for households in the first quarter of 2020 will be UAH 5,500 per 1,000 cubic meters (excluding VAT, transportation costs and gas sellers' margins), director of the integrated gas business of Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Favorov said.

KYIV, Dec 11 – National Energy Company Ukrenergo with continued low demand on electricity in the unified power transmission system of Ukraine restricts imports of electricity as much as possible, Ukrenergo Head Vsevolod Kovalchuk has said.

KYIV, Dec 11 - The rise in consumer prices in Ukraine in November 2018 slowed down to 1.4% from 1.7% in October and 1.9% in November and since the beginning of the year has reached 8.9%, the State Statistics Service has reported.

KYIV, Dec 11 - A court in Kyiv has reinstated Roman Nasirov to the position of head of the State Fiscal Service after he was fired in January following his arrest on suspicion of embezzlement, RFE/RL reported.

KYIV, Dec 10 – Canada's Bombardier Transportation, the manufacturer of railway solutions, is ready to take part in a tender to supply electric locomotives for JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan has written on his Facebook page.

KYIV, Dec 10 - Initial registration of electric vehicles (new and used) in Ukraine in January-November 2018 almost doubled compared to the same period of 2017, to 4,812 units, the Ukrautoprom association has reported.

KYIV, Dec 10 - DTEK Finance PLC (the Netherlands), the issuer of DTEK Energy's eurobonds for $910 million with a circulation period of up to 2024, intends to change guarantors for the securities.

KYIV, Dec 10 - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) within the framework of the USELF-III credit program for EUR250 million to support the development of renewable energy in Ukraine is considering the possibility of financing Dnipro-Buzka wind power plant with a planned capacity of 110 MW in the village of Oleksandrivka (Kherson region).