“The government has decided to provide state assistance from 100 to 300 thousand UAH for condominiums, residential and service cooperatives, managers of apartment buildings of any form of ownership for the purchase of generators, batteries, inverters and other energy equipment,” the statement says.
First of all, the program will operate in communities where an energy emergency has been declared, in particular in Kyiv and the Kyiv region. The Ministry of Development will additionally notify about the start of accepting applications.
Procedure for receiving funds
- Applications for participation in the program can be submitted by an association of co-owners and managers of houses through the “Diya” portal.
- A commission under the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development will review and approve the application.
- The funds received must be used within 45 days.
As Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine – Minister of Community and Territorial Development Alexey Kuleba noted on Telegram, this program should ensure the operation of basic systems – water supply, communications, elevators, lighting and heat, in particular during the heating season.
The amount of assistance will depend on the number of floors of the house:
- for houses up to six floors, 100 thousand UAH are provided;
- for houses with seven to 16 floors – 200 thousand UAH;
- and for houses from 17 floors or houses from 4–16 floors and three or more entrances – 300 thousand UAH.
“People choose for themselves what exactly they need and from whom to buy. Everything online. Without papers and queues. With clear deadlines for making decisions,” Kuleba added.
Context
Recently, the aggressor country Russia has intensified shelling of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including those related to energy. After another attack on critical infrastructure in Kyiv on January 24, almost 6 thousand houses were left without heat. Most of them have already been connected or tried to be connected to the heating supply twice after the shelling on January 9 and 20.
On January 27, the KGVA announced that the planned blackout schedules in the capital would be resumed in the near future, but they would be strict due to difficult weather conditions and the risk of new attacks on the energy system.
