29.06.2026
In 2026, Energy Club celebrates 10 years of operation. During this time, the Club has become a professional business community of the Ukrainian energy market, uniting companies, experts, investors, lawyers, technology partners and other industry participants.
For the anniversary year, Energy Club launched a series of interviews with the Club’s member companies to collect their feedback: why they joined the community, what practical value they see in membership, which formats they consider the most useful, and what role they see Energy Club playing for the Ukrainian energy market.
One of the first companies to share its vision was FEDOTOV & PARTNERS is a law firm specializing in energy law and support for participants in the electricity, gas, renewable energy, trading, energy storage and new energy business models.
In its responses, the company speaks of Energy Club as a platform where professional discussion takes place not formally, but in essence – with the participation of business, regulators, experts, investors, lawyers and companies that work with real challenges of the energy market every day.
About the practical value of membership, the most useful formats of the Club, the change in the role of Energy Club over 10 years and expectations for the next decade – in an interview with FEDOTOV & PARTNERS.
FEDOTOV & PARTNERS has been a member of the Energy Club for several years. For us, joining the Club was a logical step, since our company has specialized in energy law and support for participants in the electricity, gas, renewable energy, trading, energy storage and new energy business models since its establishment.
We joined the Energy Club because it is one of the few platforms where professional discussion takes place not formally, but in essence: with the participation of business, regulators, experts, investors, lawyers and companies that work with real challenges of the energy market every day.
For us, Energy Club is, first of all, access to a living professional environment of the energy market.
The practical value lies in the fact that we do not just read regulations Do we analyze the regulator’s decisions, but see how certain changes are perceived by the market, what issues really concern manufacturers, suppliers, traders, investors, operators of solar power plants, UZE/BESS and other industry participants?
This is very important for a law firm, because high-quality legal advice in the energy sector must take into account not only the letter of the law, but also the economics of the project, regulatory risks, the practice of the National Commission for the Regulation of Energy and Utilities, market position and future trends. Energy Club provides just such a broad picture.
New contacts, company visibility, the opportunity to be part of a professional community and participate in forming a common market position on key issues are especially important for us.
For us, the most useful are closed meetings, professional discussions, interviews and analytical formats.
Closed meetings are valuable because they allow you to hear the real position of business and experts without unnecessary publicity. It is in such formats that it is often best to see which issues are most painful for the market.
Online discussions and public events are important for a quick exchange of views, especially when it comes to changes in regulation, licensing, REMIT, Market Coupling, development of UZE/BESS, active consumers, balancing and Ukraine’s integration into the European energy market.
Energy Club analytics are also useful, as they help to structure the information flow and see not only a separate news item, but the general direction of the industry.
In my opinion, over the past 10 years, Energy Club has gone from a professional platform for exchanging views to a full-fledged institution of the energy sector. market.
Today, Energy Club is no longer just a place for networking. It is a platform where the agenda is formed, where complex regulatory issues are discussed, where the market can to express their position, and experts to explain complex processes in simple language.
It is especially important that in the conditions of war, transformation of the energy system, development of distributed generation, energy storage, active consumers and gradual integration with the European market, Energy Club retains the role of a professional environment that unites people around the development of the Ukrainian energy sector.
I would like Energy Club to maintain the main thing – the quality of professional discussion and market trust.
The next 10 years for the Ukrainian energy sector will be no less difficult than the previous ones. Ahead lies the reconstruction, decentralization of the energy system, development of RES, UZE/BESS, new consumption models, integration with European markets, strengthening of regulation and competition.
Therefore, I wish Energy Club to remain a platform where these changes are not just discussed, but are transformed into practical solutions, partnerships and common market positions.
And, of course, I wish for an even greater international presence, strong industry discussions and new formats that will help the Ukrainian energy business to be stronger.
Energy Club discussions dedicated to prosecutors’ lawsuits against electricity suppliers, integration of the Ukrainian energy market with European, the development of Market Coupling, new regulatory rules, as well as topics related to the practical features of implementing cogeneration plants and energy storage facilities.
These are exactly the topics that FEDOTOV & PARTNERS works with every day in practice. Therefore, such discussions were useful for us not only as an information format, but also as an opportunity to compare our own vision with the position of other market participants.
What is most memorable is not a single event, but the overall quality of the dialogue: when business, regulatory issues, technical expertise, legal practice and real investment needs of the market meet in one discussion.
Energy Club for FEDOTOV & PARTNERS is a professional community where the energy market talks about complex things honestly, objectively, and with a focus on development and solving problematic issues.
