KIEV, Dec. 27 – Ukraine has started reforming the automated system of the State Exports Supervision Service and the reforms are being carried out with support of the United States, Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv said.

KIEV, Dec. 29 - Coal reserves at Ukraine’s coal-burning power plants decreased 5.8% over the past week to 1.7 million mt as of December 25 from 1.804 million mt as of December 18, UkrEnergo, the company that runs the country’s power grid, reported Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 29 - Ukraine’s largest privately-owned mining and power generating company DTEK plans to import 100,000 metric tons of coal from Poland in the first two months of 2017 to compensate for domestic shortages, the company reported Thursday.

KIEV, Dec. 21 – Russia has not forwarded a formal counterproposal on the restructuring of Ukraine's $3 billion eurobond debt, after rejecting Kiev's proposal within the debt restructuring scheme, Ukrainian debt envoy Vitaliy Lisovenko said.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny says it is against the introduction of a regular fee for the use of the gas distribution network as proposed by the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed that the collection of transport tax on cars with engines of over 3,000 cubic centimeters and aged up to five years be replaced by tax collected on cars that cost more than 750 minimum wages (UAH 1.03 million in 2016) and aged up to five years.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) are providing a financing package of up to EUR 14 million to Chernivtsi aimed at improving the municipal district heating services.

KIEV, Dec. 22 – The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed that Parliament increase the excise duties on fuel by 13% during H1 2016, and raise the rate for gasoline from EUR 202 per ton to EUR 228 per ton.

KIEV, Dec. 29 - The Ukrainian government is ready to urgently sign an agreement with Russia over Russia's electricity supplies at Russia's internal market prices.

SIMFEROPOL, Dec. 29 - There may be outages in Crimea during the night of December 31 to January 1 but they will be brief, the regional governor warned on Saturday.