Industrial electricity consumers are pushing back against next month’s planned doubling of the electricity transmission tariff

Industrial electricity consumers are pushing back against next month’s planned doubling of the electricity transmission tariff – a hike designed in part to help pay overdue bills to renewable power producers. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the largest foreign investment in Ukraine, warns: “This increase threatens to complicate significantly the work of mining and steel companies in Ukraine, which are among the key electricity consumers.”