Hennadiy Zubko: the launch of the energy efficiency Fund will save every year 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas and 5 billion UAH of subsidies
With the launch of the energy efficiency Fund, subject to adequate funding, by 2021-mu expect to save up to 1.5 billion cubic meters of gas annually. 5 billion annually will save on the financing of subsidies. Start-up Fund opens a new market of innovative energy efficient technologies. And before it was 75 thousand new high-paying jobs and up to 10 billion additional tax revenues per year. This is stated in the article "Heat reform: Ukraine test of maturity" for the edition "Mirror of week". "In Ukraine almost ready for the start of the energy efficiency Fund. However, there is a significant obstacle is the lack of necessary legislation. The Parliament adopted the necessary legislative package, which will ignite the "green light" energy efficient Ukraine", – said Vice Prime Minister – Minister of regional development, construction, housing and utilities Gennady Zubko in the article. "Four of the bill agreed to by all involved parties. With the world Bank, IFC, EBRD, USAID, other international partners willing to Finance the Fund's programs. They are supported by expert community – "Reanimation package of reforms", the Civil network OPORA, "energy Efficient cities of Ukraine", other influential public initiatives," said Zubko. According to him, financial and technical support of the Fund will be available to individual households and to households in apartment buildings. The Fund will compensate for up to half the project costs for renovating the building. "In Ukraine, 15 million households, half of them in 120 thousand flats. Almost 70% of the funds in the account structure for utility services account for the heating and hot water. These services have the greatest potential savings – up to 60%. So housing has the biggest potential to save energy", – said Gennady Zubko. Reference. The legislative package on energy efficiency. 1. The draft law "On housing and communal services" (no. 1581-d) creates the conditions for development of competition in the market of housing services and allows consumers to enter into transparent contracts directly with service providers. 2. The draft law "On commercial accounting utilities" (No. 4901) to introduce compulsory metering. People will pay only for services consumed, not excavated the pipe and the losses within the networks, and have an incentive for events to improve energy efficiency. 3. The bill "About energy efficiency of buildings" (No. 4941) introduces a mechanism for obtaining a unified energy performance certificate of the building. The certificate contains information about the energy consumption of the building and recommendations for improving energy efficiency. This was reported in the Zhytomyr regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
