Ukrainians overpaid more than 20 billion hryvnias as a result of this scheme.
persons involved in the introduction of the so-called Rotterdam+ formula, as a result of which electricity consumers illegally overpaid more than 20 billion hryvnias during 2018-2019.
To date, 2 suspicions have been reported former heads of the National Commission for State Regulation in the Energy and Utilities Sectors (NKREKP); 6 former and 3 current members of the NCRECP; current and former employees of the commission, as well as current and former officials of a group of private heat-generating companies.
Six of the above-mentioned persons have been charged with committing the crime provided for in Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The actions of other persons are qualified under part 2 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
As the investigation revealed, a group of private heat-generating companies persuaded individual members of the NCRECP to adopt the formula, which resulted in an unjustified increase in electricity tariffs for the population.
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We remind you that in the “Rotterdam+” formula included costs for services that were not actually performed, namely the transportation of coal from the national producer to thermal power plants from the port in Rotterdam. As a result, during 2016-2019, electricity consumers overpaid more than 39 billion hryvnias.
