02.02.2026
Foreign investors will not commit funds to Ukraine’s energy sector if the Regulator’s decisions depend on “phone calls” from the Government. This opinion was expressed by Jan Haizmann, Managing Partner of Correggio Consulting BV, during the Energy Freedom talk show.
The expert emphasized that for European businesses, transparency of the rules is more important than political slogans.
“Investors love transparency. They will not make decisions to invest in countries where decision-making is opaque… Part of this picture is an independent regulator that has authority and is not dependent on government or political pressure,” Haizmann noted.
Furthermore, he cautioned the Ukrainian authorities against manual interference in technical market processes, such as market coupling:
“The government must stay out of the technical development of market processes… Market coupling is a technical process that allows for the exchange of electricity, which is so critically needed by Ukraine.”
Commenting on the issue of NEURC funding, Jan Haizmann supported the idea of market-based financing (through contributions from market participants, similar to the E-Control model in Austria), especially given the state budget deficit. He also spoke firmly regarding the necessity of high salaries for the Regulator’s staff:
“If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. You need experienced people. These people cost a certain amount of money, but it makes them more resilient if they are properly rewarded,” the investor concluded.
