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State company's losses could amount to 1,8 billion UAH.
Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy and Housing and Communal Services Andriy Herus appealed to Ukraine's Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi demanding the immediate dismissal of the management of SE “Energoatom-Trading,” which organized the electricity auction on 27 October. Copies of the letter were also sent, among others, to Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk, Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Budanov, the ministers of energy, economy and finance, the head of the NERC (National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities), and the company's supervisory board.
The deputy also asks to terminate the contracts resulting from this auction and return the funds under-collected from Energoatom. He further demands that the presented facts be investigated, that a recurrence be prevented, and that the committee be informed of the results. The reason, according to the committee chair, is the potential loss of state company funds totaling up to 1,8 billion UAH.
Thus, on 27 October Energoatom sold in the morning 2 000 MW of baseload for 1–10 November at a weighted average price of 5 313,78 UAH/MWh excluding VAT. That same day the company sharply raised prices in its day-ahead market bids, and the BASE index on 28 October rose by 82,8%. The average DAM price for 1–6 November is 9 098,32 UAH/MWh, i.e., 71% higher than the auction price. The DAM trading results were made public at about 13:40, already after Energoatom’s auction had concluded.
The committee believes that only one trader could have received the insider information in time. This concerns a meeting at the Ministry of Energy on 26 October, where the increase in Energoatom's bid prices and Ukrenergo's opening of daytime export were discussed. According to the committee, the deputy director of D.Trading LLC (DTEK group) was present, while other buyers and state traders “ECU” and “Naftogaz of Ukraine” were not invited. The next morning D.Trading bought 315 MW at the auction, although for the previous ten-day period it had purchased only 45 MW.
The deputy reminds of a similar situation in January of 2026 and July's sale of an enlarged lot to D.Trading at a lower price. In his view, together these form a systemic picture that needs an independent investigation. Separately, Herus emphasizes that Energoatom is 100% state-owned, and its foregone revenues reduce budget receipts at a time of deficit.
For example, in July Energoatom and Ukrhydroenergo sharply lowered prices during trading when selling electricity for the next two months, as a result of which Energoatom under-earned almost 50 million UAH.
And in January this year, due to a possible collusion between energy market participants and Energoatom, concluded agreements led to under-collection of about 2 billion UAH. After the information became public, D.Trading, which was one of the trading participants, announced early termination of the contract.
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