KIEV, July 18 - UkrGaz-Energo had grounds to increase the price of gas supplied to industrial consumers from May 2007, including charges for gas storage in underground storage facilities, the Antimonopoly Committee said.

"We've studied the situation, and found that UkrGaz-Energo has the right to demand [more] payment for gas storage," AMC Head Oleksiy Kostusev told the press in Kiev on Tuesday.