Energy Club discussed the risks of budget institutions switching to hourly metering

08.07.2026

On July 8, Energy Club held an open online meeting “Readiness of budgetary institutions for hourly electricity metering from 2027: risks, costs and practical solutions”, dedicated to one of the current challenges of the retail electricity market.

The initiator of the expert discussion was the company “Energy 365”, which addressed the Club with a proposal to submit for professional discussion the issue of completing the transitional period for the application of hourly incentive coefficients for group “a” metering sites. From January 1, 2027, the general procedure for forming hourly consumption schedules will apply to such sites in the absence of proper interval commercial metering and remote data exchange.

The online meeting was attended by Energy Club member companies, representatives of the State Treasury Service of Ukraine, the National Commission for the Regulation of Energy and Utilities of Ukraine, the Directorate of Vocational Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, electricity suppliers, market experts and other interested parties.

The speakers of the event were:

• Yuriy Pidlisny, Head of Energy 365 LLC;
• Oleg Kostrykin, Director of the Department for Regulation of Relations and Protection of Consumer Rights in the Retail Electricity Market of the National Commission for the Regulation of Energy and Utilities of Ukraine;
• Andriy Zhdanyuk, Head of the Department for Implementation and Development of Accounting Systems of the Department for Regulation of Relations in the Energy Sector of the National Commission for the Regulation of Energy and Utilities of Ukraine;
• Olexandr Kudym, Head of Euro Trade Energy LLC;
• Iryna Shumik, Director General of the Directorate of Vocational Education of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine;
• Iryna Beresneva, Director General of Tolk Ukraine LLC.

The real level of readiness of budgetary institutions to transition to full-fledged hourly commercial accounting, technical requirements for the implementation of interval accounting and remote data reading, possible financial consequences for budget institutions in the absence of the necessary infrastructure, as well as the impact of new requirements on budget planning and electricity procurement.

Particular attention was paid to the risks of reduced competition in the electricity supply market, increased electricity costs for budget consumers, increased imbalance risk premiums, and possible cases of institutions switching to the Supplier of Last Resort.

The meeting participants identified priority practical steps that need to be implemented by the end of 2026. These include conducting an inventory of the readiness of budget institutions, developing a single compliance checklist, standard technical requirements, identifying sources of financing for measures to modernize accounting systems, forming a calendar plan for preparation, and introducing regular monitoring.

Following the results of the meeting, the Energy Club will summarize the proposals of the discussion participants and consider the possibility of preparing a joint position on the need for systematic preparation of budgetary institutions for the transition to full-fledged hourly commercial metering of electricity from January 1, 2027.