Electric energy (universal service)

In accordance with Clause 93 Part 1 of Art. 1 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Electricity Market" No. 2019-VIII (hereinafter - the Law), a universal service - the supply of electricity to household and small non-household consumers, which guarantees their rights to be provided with electricity of a certain quality on the conditions determined in accordance with this Law, throughout the territory of Ukraine. In accordance with Clause 42 Part 1 of Art. 1 of the Law, a small non-household consumer is a consumer who is not a household consumer and buys electricity for his own consumption, whose electrical installations are connected to electrical networks with a contractual capacity of up to 50 kW. The customer's electrical installation(s) are connected to electrical networks with a contractual capacity of up to 50 kW. Therefore, the Customer, within the meaning of the Law, belongs to small non-combined consumers and has the right to be provided with electric energy of a certain quality under the conditions determined in accordance with Art. 63 of the Law, namely on the terms of universal service. The purchase of electric energy under the terms of universal service fully ensures compliance with the basic principles of public procurement, defined in Art. 5 of the Law of Ukraine "On Public Procurement", namely: maximum economy and efficiency, openness and transparency, non-discrimination of participants, prevention of corruption and abuse. Corruption and abuse related to the formation of the price for the subject of purchase in the supply of electric energy under the conditions of universal service are impossible, since all price components are approved by authorized state bodies. In accordance with Part 3 of Article 63 of the Law, the supplier provides universal services at economically justified, transparent and non-discriminatory prices, which are formed in accordance with the methodology (procedure) approved by the Regulator, and include, in particular, the price of purchasing electricity on the electricity market, the price (tariff) for the services of the universal service provider, prices (tariffs) for the services of the transmission system operator and