Exercising control over the production and reserves of coal at the coal mining enterprises subordinate to the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry carried out an inventory of the remains of coal in the warehouses of the mines of the State Enterprise " As a result of the check, it turned out that there was a shortage of 17,585 tons.. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Energy.

“At the request of the ministry, the head of the state-owned enterprise organized. 09. 2021 instrumental survey of emergency coal warehouses of separate warehouses - mines (that is, surveying measurements of coal residues were carried out in order to establish the actual volume of coal that is in these warehouses).

As a result of the audit, it was revealed that the total balance of coal shortage at the State Enterprise "

The department appealed to the National Police with a statement about the possible commission of a criminal offense on the fact of embezzlement of state property.

Persons who made the registration of the volumes of production of raw coal and the release of enrichment products, as well as deliberate distortion of reporting data, are criminally liable in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine.

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In Ivano-Frankivsk region, a thermal power plant stopped due to lack of coal.

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Earlier it was reported that the situation with the accumulation of coal in the warehouses of TPPs has not changed and remains critical. At this time, the TPP has 720,000 tons of coal at its disposal, which is 4% less than on the morning of August 25. This was reported by the press service of NEC "

It is noted that the reserves of gas coal compared with August 25 decreased by 4.2% to 480,000 tons, and the volume of anthracite coal - by 3.6% to 240,000 tons.