{"id":1348230,"date":"2026-01-23T13:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/during-the-blackout-minus-2-billion-hryvnias-zheleznyak-announced-a-scheme-at-energoatom\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T13:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:48:07","slug":"during-the-blackout-minus-2-billion-hryvnias-zheleznyak-announced-a-scheme-at-energoatom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/during-the-blackout-minus-2-billion-hryvnias-zheleznyak-announced-a-scheme-at-energoatom\/","title":{"rendered":"During the blackout, minus 2 billion hryvnias: Zheleznyak announced a scheme at Energoatom."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-header-title\">\n<p>MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on a possible scheme involving the sale of electricity to NNEGC Energoatom, which, according to him, resulted in the state-owned company losing approximately 2 billion hryvnias, while private traders profited.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/yzheleznyak\/16079\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Yaroslav Zheleznyak<\/a> reported this. <\/p>\n<div class=\"resp-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"534785595\" class=\"lozad lazy-loaded\" title=\"2 billion in just a few days! Mindich Zukhvalo's men robbed Energoatom. INSIDERS were at work. Who's in the picture?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_De-_Vr2FY?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0\" width=\"745\" height=\"451\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S_De-_Vr2FY?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-1018237_23=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-9=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p> According to the parliamentarian, this refers to an abnormally large sale of electricity at old prices in anticipation of a sharp increase in price caps, which, according to Zheleznyak, was known to a limited circle in advance.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The same people, connected to the management of Energoatom and the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKP), orchestrated a quick sell-off of electricity, while their close traders bought volumes three to four times larger than usual and resold them at a significantly higher price within a few days,&#8221; the deputy wrote.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article-ins ins-vert\"><\/aside>\n<p> According to Zheleznyak:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> January 8 \u2013 the idea of raising price caps is voiced for the first time at the anti-crisis energy headquarters;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> January 12\u201313 \u2013 the National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities (NKREKU) publicly announces that it does not plan to change price caps;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> January 14 \u2013 Energoatom sells 2,100 MW of base load at auction at an average price of about UAH 7,566\/MWh;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> January 15 \u2013 the government recommends raising price caps by almost 83%;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> January 16 \u2013 The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Public Utilities decides to increase price caps;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> January 21\u201322 \u2013 prices on the day-ahead market rise to 11,484\u201313,233 UAH\/MWh.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"art-img  horizontal-photo-parent\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.5.ua\/media\/pictures\/original\/327592.jpg?t=1769160952\" rel=\"lightgallery nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lozad horizontal-photo lazy-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.5.ua\/media\/pictures\/original\/327592.jpg?t=1769160952\" alt=\"Schedule\" width=\"1200\" height=\"736\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.5.ua\/media\/pictures\/original\/327592.jpg?t=1769160952\" \/><\/a><figcaption> <span class=\"photo-title\">Chart<\/span> <a class=\"source-for-img\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/yzheleznyak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yaroslav Zheleznyak \/ Telegram<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> As a result, according to the deputy, Energoatom lost approximately 2 billion hryvnias, while traders received excess profits.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;This happened during widespread power, heat, and water outages. The state lost money, but private entities gained profit,&#8221; Zheleznyak emphasized.<\/p>\n<p> He also said that some traders had increased their purchases by 300-466% and promised to release more details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-title\"> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-header-info clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on a possible scheme involving the sale of electricity to NNEGC Energoatom, which, according to him, resulted in the state-owned company losing approximately 2 billion hryvnias, while private traders profited. Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported this. According to the parliamentarian, this refers to an abnormally large sale of electricity at old prices in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1320497,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76875,76894,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1348230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news","category-politics","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1348230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1348230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1348230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1348230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}