The first meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette took place on Thursday.
A delegation of the Ukrainian integrated power grids operator, Ukrenergo, led by its CEO Vsevolod Kovalchuk and Deputy CEO for Communications and International Cooperation Mykhailo Bno-Airiian, on Dec 13 started their U.S. visit.
Ukrenergo officials are expected to meet with leaders of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Energy Resources, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as a group of congressmen in Washington, D.C., according to the company's Facebook page.
The Ukrainian delegation held the first meeting with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette on Thursday, December 13. The parties discussed the developments in Ukraine's energy reform. In particular, the talks touched upon U.S. government support for the integration of Ukraine's energy system and energy market into the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).
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It is precisely these issues that are now in the focus in Brussels and Vienna, as well as in Washington, the press service wrote. Indeed, this refers first to the operational and security reliability of energy supplies, physical expansion of Europe's energy space, and integration of markets.
The U.S. Department of Energy expressed its interest and willingness to facilitate the exchange of experience and research of the best practices of U.S. energy companies in the development and implementation of critical infrastructure protection systems, that is, Ukrenergo's major power grids, to ensure the reliability and security of Ukraine's energy system integration into ENTSO-E.