The Kyiv City State Administration explained why Kyiv residents received heating bills with high amounts in June
The Kyiv City State Administration explained that Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 683 came into effect in May, introducing a new procedure for calculating heating charges amid widespread infrastructure damage caused by Russian attacks. Consequently, Kyiv residents’ June bills included additional charges for heating in January. According to Kyiv officials, the amounts were reviewed and reduced by an average of 40%.
Konstantin Lopatin, director of the “Energozbut” division of the “Kyivteploenergo” municipal enterprise, announced the recalculation at a briefing on June 11.
According to him, Kyivteploenergo reduced the payment for heating services provided in January 2026 for 99% of its customers. This affects over one million apartments.
The automatic recalculation was performed in accordance with the algorithm approved by Resolution No. 683 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which took effect in May 2026.
“It takes into account periods of service interruption and the heat carrier’s failure to meet quality standards. The total discount for consumers amounted to over 720 million UAH, or an average of nearly 40%,” the statement reads.
Lopatin noted that in Kyiv, no charges for centralized heating and heat supply services for January 2026 were billed in February.
This is because numerous damages to networks and equipment were recorded due to destructive attacks on the capital’s critical infrastructure.
Therefore, the question arose regarding the legal mechanism for individual automatic recalculation.
“In May, the Cabinet of Ministers approved, via Resolution No. 683, an algorithm for the automatic recalculation of heating charges for heat supply companies using the appropriate coefficients. We processed the January charges immediately after the resolution was adopted, during the off-heating season when the payment burden is lighter,” he explained.
The Kyiv City State Administration’s statement notes that recalculations were performed for all consumers whose homes were temporarily without heating or where heating did not meet standards.
“The duration of periods without heat supply and reduced quality varied for each building. It depended on many factors: the heat supply source, the ability to switch over quickly, emergency power outages, and the building’s energy efficiency,” said the director of the Energy Sales Division.
This is reported on the Kyiv City State Administration website.
As a reminder, residents of many buildings in Kyiv have begun receiving heating bills for January, the amounts of which came as an unpleasant surprise to people.
