The citizens, who conserved gas in winter, will obtain, on the average, UAH 700 of compensation, Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman wrote in Facebook, ukrinform.ru reports.
“As we promised, the government started monetization of subsidies for those, who conserved gas. On the average, each citizen, who conserved gas in winter, will obtain about 700 UAH. The citizens of Kyiv and Khmelnytsky regions started receiving payments”, Groisman noted.
According to him, about 1.127 mln Ukrainians submitted application for the monetization of gas subsidies. Other 21 ths people – for conserved electricity, which was used for residential heating.
The Prime Minister is certain that everybody, who submitted application until September 1, will receive money in the beginning of the heating period.
He reminded that the conserved 150 kWatt of electricity for heating or 100 cubic meters of gas fall under the monetization.