KIEV, March 6 – Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK Energy Holding believes that importing coal under the current tariffs for thermal power plants (TPPs) is impossible, DTEK Energo Commercial Director Vitaliy Butenko told reporters on the sidelines of the Ukrainian Energy Forum organized by Adam Smith Institute.

"Now Centrenergo is importing Russian coal at around $76 per ton. Compare that with the tariff [for TPPs]. It covers only UAH 840 per ton and even if we compare with our price of coal – UAH 1,500 per ton, the coverage is 56%. There is no possibility of importing [coal]," he said.