2.2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENERGY EFF

2.2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY IN UKRAINE

Discovering the new energy sources is the hottest issue on the agenda in Ukraine. At present its power-producing system suffers from an acute energy shortage and the energy utilization low efficiency. Besides, energy crisis in the national economy and critical ecological situation in the rural and industrial regions demand a stricter integrated assessment of power supply and an energy-saving policy.

Firstly, Ukraine does not apply any systematic approach for resolution of the energy efficiency problems.

Practically no legal framework exists today to ensure implementation of the fully-fledged and diversified energy policy. The prime legal document to regulate the energy sector relations is the Law of Ukraine “On Energy Saving” adopted back in 1994.

Besides, links between the various legal instruments to regulate ecology, power generating, energy saving and energy efficiency are rather weak. The energy legislation regulations quite often contradict each other. In Ukraine, the necessity exists to develop new legislation in the field of energy efficiency.

In 2006, the country adopted the Energy Strategy of Ukraine till 2030. According to the document, development of RES and nonconventional energy sources is to be considered as a must for the energy security level increase and reduction of anthropogenic impact of energy on the natural environment19.

More so, the Energy Strategy of Ukraine envisages certain ways for strategic development of renewable energy sources, RES and nonconventional energy sources to contribute to the overall effort of the European community energy sector and meet the prime criteria of the Green Paper “Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply”.


19 CMU Instruction «On approving Ukraine’s Energy Strategy for the period till 2030» of 15.03.2006