On November 2, 2015 Volodymyr Demchyshyn met with
representatives of the Ukrainian-American-Canadian-European working group led
by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Security and
Energy Restoration William Bryan.
Aimed to elaborate activities to respond to emergencies
in the fuel and energy complex in the autumn-winter period, there was set
up in September of 2014 a joint
Ukrainian-American-Canadian-European working group under the chairmanship
of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Security
and Energy RestorationWilliam Bryan.
The working group prepared a draft National Plan, which contains possible
scenarios of occurrence of the main threats in the fuel and energy complex of
Ukraine and suggested measures to respond and prevent them.
During the
meeting the sides discussed the state of implementation of the Action Plan for the
autumn-winter 2015-2016 and the latest achievements in reforming the
energy sector.
Much attention
was paid to the issues of available energy resource. Volodymyr Demchyshyn informed
about significant amounts (about 2 million tons) of coal, which are in uncontrollable
territory and cannot yet be transported to the territory controlled
by the Gov’t because of the blocking of railway tracks.
Moreover, the Minister stressed that this year’s gas
reserves exceed last year showings (17 bcm), and the
price of Russian gas affords to purchase the needed amount.
"This allows us to affirm that we have all the conditions to
ensure passing of the winter period according to the schedule",
said the Minister.
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