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The former head of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NCRECP) Valeriy Tarasyuk died in a car accident
Former head and member of the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NCRECP) Valeriy Tarasyuk tragically died.
The regulator reported this on 28 October. According to the publication “EnergoReforma,” Tarasyuk died in a car accident.
The NCRECP noted that Tarasyuk devoted a significant part of his professional life to the energy sector, led the regulator, and took part in decisions and reforms in the field of energy.
“For us he was not only an experienced leader and specialist. He was a colleague, a person with his own character, convictions, and principles. A person we knew, argued with, found solutions with, worked with, and simply communicated with,” the commission said.
Former Naftogaz head Andriy Koboliev called Valeriy Tarasyuk “one of the most principled, brave, and professional regulators” he had the honor to work with. According to Koboliev, it was Tarasyuk who finally abolished the gas “serfdom,” effectively allowing household consumers to change their gas supplier.
“We fought for this for more than five years. Valeriy was the one who did not become frightened and sided with the market and the consumer. Eternal memory. Rest in peace, my friend…,” Koboliev wrote on his Facebook page.
Valeriy Tarasyuk was born on 31 August 1976 in the settlement of Kazanka in Mykolaiv region. In 1998 he graduated from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in International Law.
From 2006 to 2014 he headed the legal department and worked as vice president of VS Energy International Ukraine. In 2014 he led the Department of Judicial Work at the Ministry of Justice.
Tarasyuk first became a member of the NCRECP in August 2014, and in March 2016 he left the post. In October 2019 he returned to the commission and headed it in 2019–2022. In March 2024 he was again elected head of the regulator.
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