September 23, 2020 — Monitor of Electricity Market Opening The first year of operation under the new electricity wholesale market Our 5th issue of the MEMO series now takes stock of the first 12 months of operation under the new wholesale market. MEMO #5 (09/2020, en)
April 23, 2020 — Monitor of Electricity Market Opening Seven months of market opening – stocktaking Frequent changes to the legal framework fail to address the structural problems. Loopholes undermine the market and speed up debts’ accumulation. Extended data transparency is an upside of the reform. MEMO #4 (04/2020, en)
September 30, 2019 — Monitor of Electricity Market Opening Developments on the electricity market Sep 2019 Market power remains strong and starts exploiting balancing market. Changes to PSO does not help the competition. Prices in the IPS start to drop as nuclear power ramps up production. MEMO #3 (09/2019, en)
August 12, 2019 — Monitor of Electricity Market Opening Developments on the electricity market Jul-Aug 2019 Prices are stable as the market shows no signs of effective competition. Increase of import to the BEI does not affect prices. Price caps are higher than the estimated marginal costs of coal generators. MEMO #2 (08/2019, en)
July 19, 2019 — Monitor of Electricity Market Opening The first two weeks of market opening Ukraine has finally opened its electricity market despite many concerns. Prices are high, some market segments do not work properly, and the smaller BEI trading zone is under the reign of monopoly. MEMO #1 (07/2019, en)
June 27, 2019 — Policy Briefing Electricity Market Opening – assessment of latest regulations Before the deadline for electricity market opening, Ukraine’s official work hard to patch the holes in the upcoming regulatory framework. Does it help or constraints the future market? Market Opening: Latest Regulations (06/27/2019, PB, en)
June 26, 2019 — Policy Paper Ukraine on the way to a functioning electricity market Main features of a successful electricity market based on the 20 years’ history in opening the EU electricity market. Lessons learnt and best practises for the Ukrainian context. Functioning electricity market (06/26/2019, PP, en)
May 28, 2019 — Policy Briefing Summary: Risks of opening the Ukrainian Electricity Market Ukraine is about to liberalise its electricity market. Yet the devil is in the details: the rules are far from perfect and key players are not ready. What are the risks? Summary Market Opening Risks (05/28/2019, PB, en)
May 28, 2019 — Policy Briefing Analysis: Risks of opening the Ukrainian Electricity Market The market opening on July 1st may have negative impact on final prices for industries and economy as a whole. With little time left, at least critical risks should be mitigated. Analysis Market Opening Risks (05/28/2019, PB, en)
