OREANDA-NEWS. On April 28, 2009 The Government has elaborated a model of payments for the consumed natural gas for heat communal enterprises.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko announced during a selector meeting with heads of local authorities and regional heat communal enterprises dedicated to the issues of payments for consumption of the natural gas.

According to Yulia Tymoshenko, following this model commercial banks will give to the local administrations the credits for the heat communal enterprises to refund for the consumed gas. In their turn, local administrations, after coordination during sessions of local councils, have a right to give a bill to the bank. At this, as Yulia Tymoshenko explained, the NBU will facilitate maintaining liquidity of these commercial banks. The Premier underlined such a model had been applied in Kyiv, which enabled shortening debt of the city by UAH 1 bn 200 mn.

Yulia Tymoshenko stressed to cover payments three days remained: “Over this period we should fulfill huge amount of work, including gather sessions of local councils that will make the needed calculations”.