KIEV, April 2 – The National Commission of Ukraine for Energy and Housing and Utilities Services Regulation has decided to hold off on an average 67% end tariff for household heating by 67% until May 1, although the prices of gas and wholesale tariffs for heating went up on April 1.

"On March 3 the NCER decided to increase the tariff for gas and heat (as a wholesale item by 71.8% on average) from April 1. It was planned to increase the tariffs for central heating and hot water supply although the Justice Ministry opposed their approval a month in advance… Yesterday the commission increased the tariffs for central heating and hot water supply, but from May 1, 2015… Companies will have losses for April," Director of the Heat Supply Regulation at the NCER Svitlana Chernykh said at a seminar in Zhytomyr on Wednesday.