KIEV, March 26 – The National Electricity Regulatory Commission will increase retail tariffs for electricity for 111 metals, mining and chemical companies that have privileges for the second quarter of 2010, according to the commission's head, Serhiy Titenko.

"A resolution has been adopted, and I think that tomorrow it will be published. The resolution says that retail tariffs for electricity for 111 companies would be at the level of November 2009, not at the level of October 2008," he said.