
Ukraine Energy Support Activities
About Ukraine support activities
Due to the war, Ukraine, one of the Energy Community Contracting Parties, is facing an existential threat, its energy infrastructure is in critical condition and fuel supplies are at risk.
The war is causing suffering on a dramatic scale, leaving hundreds of thousands of families and businesses without energy supply. This means no electricity, heating, hot water and hot food. Energy equipment, spare parts and fuels are urgently needed to repair and maintain damaged energy infrastructure and restore energy supply.
The Energy Community Secretariat, based on the direct request of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine for practical help in the current situation, is engaging in supporting Ukraine to keep its energy system functional.
Ukraine Energy Support Fund
Upon request by the European Commission and in agreement with the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the Energy Community Secretariat set up the legal framework for the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to counteract the impact of the Russian invasion. The Ukraine Energy Support Fund is set up to match demand for financing procurement of necessary equipment, fuels and services for Ukrainian energy companies.
Ukraine Support Task Force
In the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Energy Community Secretariat answered the call for help of Ukraine, by establishing the Ukraine Support Task Force (USTF). The Task Force is supporting Ukraine by coordinating the door-to-door delivery of specialized energy equipment, fuels and materials needed to repair infrastructure damaged during the war. Its main purpose is to assist Ukraine in keeping its energy system functional.
Ukraine Energy Market Observatory
In an effort to streamline and consolidate its monitoring functions under the Energy Community Treaty with regard to Ukraine, the Energy Community’s largest member currently suffering from a war of aggression by the Russian Federation, the Secretariat created the Ukraine Energy Market Observatory. The Observatory will closely follow and review all developments related to the energy market and corporate governance in Ukraine.
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Ukraine support in the news
Date Article / News outlet 27 Mar 2023 Österreichische Ukraine-Hilfe für Energie-infrastruktur wird seit Monaten nicht ausgezahlt (Katharina Mittelstaedt, der Standard) 19 Feb 2023 A year of Russia’s war in Ukraine and global energy crisis (Al Jazeera)
13 Feb 2023 Mission Notversorgung (Yulia Valova, Tagesspiegel Background) 22 Dec 2022 Eastern Europe holds the key to keeping Ukraine's power on (Andrius Sytas and Marek Strzelecki, Reuters) 13 Dec 2022 Schwimmende Kraftwerke für die Ukraine (Andreas Mihm, Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung) 07 Dec 2022 Ukraine Is on the Edge of a Complete Blackout (Norma Costello and Vera Mironova, Foreign Policy) 30 Nov 2022 November 30, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news (Heather Chen, Sophie Tanno, Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Maureen Chowdhury and Elise Hammond, CNN) 29 Nov 2022 European companies asked to urgently donate spare parts to repair Ukraine's power grid (Euronews) 29 Nov 2022 Ukraine pleads for help to fix energy grid hit by Russian bomb raids (Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian) 25 Oct 2022 Russia’s methodical attacks exploit frailty of Ukrainian power system (Michael Birnbaum, David L. Stern and Emily Rauhala, The Washington Post) 30 Sep 2022 (updated 2 Oct 2022) Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Ukraine makes NATO membership bid (Dalia Hatuqa, David Child and Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera) 30 Sep 2022 EU energy watchdog worried about Ukraine's energy supplies in winter (Daria Sito-Sucic, Reuters) 24 May 2022 How Ukraine keeps the lights on in wartime (Zosia Wanat, Politico)
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Secretariat's news on Ukraine support activities
With its news items, the Secretariat reports about the involved stakeholders, evolving, new actions and progress achieved.
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