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Kyivtransgas on Tuesday, May 30, halted completely gas supplies to the capital’s TPP-6 thermal power plant, which provides thermal energy to four Kyiv districts.
The TPP services 3,138 buildings including 2,142 residential houses, 39 medical institutions, and 164 kindergartens, and 670 institutions.
One of the main reasons the supplies were cut lays in the debts accumulated by the state and customers for central heating and hot water utilities.
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At the same time, Kyivenergo’s debt before Naftogaz of Ukraine for the gas consumed for thermal generation as of May 1 reached UAH 3.2 billion. The debt for gas transportation to TPP-6 exceeds UAH 370 million, of which UAH 108 million are benefits and subsidies the state failed to fund.
UNIAN memo. Kyivenergo generates electricity at two combined heat and power plants – CHPP-5 and CHPP-6. It also operates three thermal plants and 183 boiler rooms to produce thermal power.
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It is part of Akhmetov's DTEK, which owns 72.39% of Kyivenergo's shares, while the state has a 25% stake in the company.