From July 1, state-owned enterprises will be able to buy gas not only through ProZorro. What does this mean for the industry? In a column for Economic Pravda, Inna Shcherbyna, Deputy Chairman of the UEEX Exchange Committee, spoke about the peculiarities of the law "On Amendments to Article 3 of the Law "On Public Procurement" for the Purchase of Natural Gas" and which enterprises will be able to buy gas on the exchange.

The law was adopted in pursuance of the Law "On the Natural Gas Market" as the final step towards the implementation of the legislation of the Energy Community regarding the gas BAL NC in GTS.

After the adoption of the law, operators of GTS, UGS and gas distribution systems obtained the right to purchase gas on competitive terms for their own economic activities, including for their own production and technical needs. The legislator has given the rest of the customers the opportunity to buy gas on the exchange since July 1. According to the law, the exchange must comply with the requirements of the GTS Code, which means that it is only about trading of short-term standardized products in the Intraday market and the Day-Ahead market for short-term trading and portfolio balancing.

The only exchange in Ukraine that ensures the operation of the short-term gas market and has confirmed compliance with the requirements of the GTS Code is the Ukrainian Energy Exchange. LLC "GTS Operator of Ukraine" announced that it had chosen this platform for balancing through the exchange, as required by European legislation.