Board Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) obliged to increase until October irreducible anthracite coal stocks in warehouses of the seven thermal power plants from 140 tons to 200 tons decision concerns, and Krivoy Rog Dnieper (included in Dniproenergo), and Starobeshevo Slavic (Donbassenergo), Tripoli and Zmievskaya (Centrenergo ) and Lugano (Vostokenergo) TPP. If by October 1, they do not, they will be forced to switch to the minimum mode or full stop.
Until this year, the state does not regulate the purchase of coal thermal power plants. But the Sept. 21 National Commission Electricity Regulation issued an order in which to pass the heating season, the company must have reserves of 140 thousand tons of coal. A Sept. 23 head Yuriy Prodan Fuel and Energy Ministry in a letter to the Council WEM proposed to increase this figure to 300 tons (see Kommersant of 25 September). Representatives of the generations present at the meeting of the council, said that the requirements for reserves were reduced at the suggestion of Fuel and Energy Ministry.
Deputy Minister Oleg Bugaev at the meeting said that at the meeting on Friday morning at the Ministry decided that 200 tons is sufficient for stable operation of thermal power plants, - said the source. Get comments Mintopenergo failed: Yuriy Prodan, Oleg Bugaev and Ministry spokesman Fent Di telephone calls not answered.
need for so large stockpiles of coal at thermal power plants themselves do not, says the president of the Energy Consulting Group Alexei Sheberstov. In previous years, for the normal operation of enterprises in the autumn-winter period was enough to nearly 3 million tons of coal in storage. And now, the power consumption in the country fell to 60-70 millionkW • h per day - up to 430 million kW • h — he said. We do not work for the establishment of coal reserves, it would freeze funds - says the chairman of the Board Dniproenergo (50% of 1 share of government property) Yuri Bochkarev .- Coal purchased in accordance with the required power generation. By his estimates, for the purchase of the missing volumes of coal companies will need 35-40 million UAH.
On September 1, TPS in warehouses, according to the Fuel and Energy Ministry, was 3.72 million tons of coal. At Starobeshevo TPP - 564,5 thousand tons, Zmievskaya - 522,3 thousand tons, Slavic - 401 thousand tons, Tripoli - 392,3 thousand tons, the Dnieper - 300 thousand tons, Lugansk - 199,3 thousand T, Krivoy Rog - 118 tons
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initiative is linked with a desire to find buyers for a group of anthracite coal, of which there is a surplus in the market , says Yuri Bochkarev. Thus, according to a committee member of the Verkhovna Rada on thermal power station Mikhail Volynets (YTB), the Cabinet will improve the situation gosshaht. General Director of State Enterprise Rovenkiantratsit (the largest in the CIS getter anthracite) Yuri Zyukov said that only stores his company there are 150 thousand tons of coal at 80 million UAH. These stocks were last in the 90 years - he stressed .- For the production of coal and wages paid in taxes, and coal lying on the ground. It should be required to Power coal reserve to take.
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