KIEV, Dec. 13 ??“ UkrInterEnergo, Ukraine's state power company, the country's only exporter of power to Eastern Europe, plans to hike prices of power it is exporting to Hungary by about 30% beginning early next year, a company official said Tuesday.

The company refused to disclose new prices of power it will charge Hungarian consumers in 2006, but said it is expected to receive an extra $25 mln from the price hike over the next 12 months.