Starting 1 January, the heat tariff for households in Mykolaiv will cover 40% of the cost of heating, with additional costs of ₴96 million

Starting from 2026, the heat tariff for Mykolaiv residents will cover about 40% of the cost of production, illustrative photo: NikVesti

Starting in 2026, the heat tariff for the population of Mykolaiv will cover about 40% of the cost of production. As a result, an additional 96 million hryvnias will need to be allocated from the city budget.

This was announced by Mykola Logvinov, director of the utility company «Mykolaivoblteploenergo», at a meeting of the planning and budget commission of the city council on 26 December, NikVesti reports.

According to him, the tariff currently covers 50% of the cost of heat energy. From 1 January, it will cover about 40% of the cost, as the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NERC) has passed a resolution to increase the tariff for gas distribution.

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«Total expenditures amount to 1 billion 485 million hryvnias. Of these, the city budget needs 449 million hryvnias, including 43 million hryvnias allocated for compensation for drinking water. I remind you that since 24 February, the heat tariff for households has remained unchanged and currently covers 50% of the cost of heat energy. Starting from 1 January, the tariff will cover about 40% of the cost, as the day before yesterday, the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission adopted a resolution to increase the gas distribution tariff by 86% in two stages. This will additionally increase our expenses by 96 million hryvnias in 2026,» explained Mykola Lohvinov.

It should be noted that today the mayor, Oleksandr Sienkevych, explained that the city cannot cut some of its energy supply costs, as the amount of compensation for the difference between the heat tariff and its production is determined by the Budget Code and amounts to 4% of personal income tax. According to him, next year these funds should be distributed between power and heat generation companies, such as the utility company «Mykolaivoblteploenergo», Mykolaiv CHP and «Zoria»-«Mashproekt».

In early December, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the state budget for the next year, enshrining the provision that local budgets will retain 64% of the personal income tax. At the same time, communities will actually receive only 60% of PIT, as the Parliament obliged them to use the additional 4% to pay off the debton the difference in tariffs and energy payments.

According to Roksolana Pidlasa, Chair of the Budget Committee, this model should help communities to curb the growth of utility tariffs for the population, but it reduces the amount of free resources they can dispose of.

As NikVesti found out, until 2021, cities also received only 60% of the personal income tax, but then it was decided that all local governments would receive an additional 4%, which would be used to cover the difference in energy tariffs so as not to raise heating tariffs for the population. For Mykolaiv, these are two enterprises: the municipal company «Mykolaivoblteploenergo» and the state-owned CHP. Although this decision was not formally enshrined in law, Mykolaiv fulfilled its obligations in 2022, Mykola Lohvinov, director of the regional heating company, told us. Since 1 July 2022, the state has undertaken to compensate for the difference in tariffs, but has not fulfilled them. At the same time, 64% of the PIT remained in the local level.

As of December 2025, the state's debt to the utility company «Mykolaivoblteploenergo» amounted to 1 billion 195 million hryvnias. These funds were to be paid to the company for the difference between the approved and economically justified tariff.