In the Ternopil region social norms close to real consumption of services
Through inflated social norms that do not correspond to the real level of consumption and does not encourage citizens to save energy, the government in the past heating season (2015-2016) "overpaid" on subsidies more than 14.5 billion. To remedy the situation, to introduce incentives to save energy consumption, the Government brought the social norms of actual consumption of energy by the Ukrainians. The corresponding solution is fixed in the decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 51. Because social norms which are subject to the housing subsidy, does not correspond to the real situation of the consumption of heat, gas and electricity, citizens of Ukraine have witnessed how subsidence in winter opened the flats in the houses in order to use the amount of energy that they meant the subsidy. At the same time, they explained their actions by the fact that, well, if this is not done, that is, not to use the whole volume of energy resources during the heating period, the next period, the subsidy will not give them or to reduce their size. Hence, the myth that "you must use the full gas, water and other utilities that are assigned to a subsidy, otherwise it will cease to provide. According to a Government decision of may 1, 2017 Ukraine will apply these social norms: • thermal energy for district heating (district heating) subscribers, homes which have household and/or apartment metering devices - 0,0431 on Gcal 1Q. meter of heated area for a month during the heating season; • electrical energy for individual heating of 51 kWh per 1 square meter of heated area for a month during the heating season; • natural gas for individual heating - 5,0 cubic meters 1 square meter of heated area for a month during the heating season. Also, the Government revised correction factors for the calculation of the cost of electric energy, natural gas and other fuels for heating in multi-storey buildings. The Government's decision in no way affects the amount of subsidies already assigned for the heating season (2016-2017). New social standards of Ukrainians will be may 1, 2017. This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
