The Cabinet of Ministers, by Resolution No. 1 of January 3, 2023, approved the Regulation on the specifics of electricity imports during the autumn-winter period of 2022/23 under the legal regime of martial law in Ukraine. The corresponding decree was published on the "

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The Decree entered into force on the day of publication and is valid until April 30, 2023.

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The Regulation applies to the following electricity market participants:.

data communication system operator;

distribution system operators;

electricity suppliers;

consumers (except household).

At the same time, according to the document, the government allowed transmission system operators, when initiating power outage schedules, to increase for oblenergos (distribution system operators, DSOs) the volume of electricity consumption for imported volumes.

Oblenergos, in turn, must warn transmission system operators about consumers who will be supplied with imported electricity, and not apply shutdown schedules to such consumers.

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To avoid manipulation, hourly outage schedules will not apply if the consumer imports volumes not less than own consumption in September 2022 (before enforcement of power supply restrictions).

In addition, at the request of the electricity supplier, the oblenergo must, within three days, submit a list of consumers that have an automated system for commercial accounting of electricity, and for which there is a technical possibility for distribution systems not to apply shutdown schedules in the event that imported electricity is supplied to such consumers.

It is also the oblenergo's responsibility to take measures to prioritize the resumption of electricity distribution to consumers consuming imported electricity after the application of special emergency shutdown schedules, the operation of special loading shutdown automatics or automatic frequency unloading devices..

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At the same time, in case of application of emergency shutdown schedules, operation of special automatic shutdown of loading or automatic frequency unloading devices, the supply of imported electricity to consumers may be terminated, the document states..

The National Commission responsible for state regulation in the fields of energy and public utilities and the Ministry of Energy are instructed to monitor the implementation of the resolution and its impact on the electricity market and the security of its supply.