OREANDA-NEWS. March 17, 2011. The Government requires urgent increase payments for gas, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Klyuyev said at a telephone conference with all heads of regions state administration.

"Providing the ministries and regions more autonomy, as we see, did not contribute to increasing responsibility for the payment discipline”, he said.

Andriy Klyuyev noted that in some regions in the heating season has not only decreased the total debts, and even increased. As of March 14, 2011 the largest debt for gas: in Kiev - 1 billion 860 million UAH, in Donetsk region - 1,5 billion, Dnipropetrovsk region - 1.09 billion, Kharkiv region - 1.02 billion, Kirovohrad region - 143 million UAH.

The debt has decreased by 150 million UAH in Lugansk region, but still represented a large amount - 546 million. In the Odessa region - debt is 480 million said Andriy Klyuyev.

Total debt of enterprises of power for the consumed natural gas from 1999 to 2011 reached 13.1 billion, equivalent to almost 11 billion cubic m? of natural gas, which would be enough for all enterprises of power within a year, First Deputy Prime Minister said.

"What prevents timely settlements in situations where the population pays for the services of heating and hot water supply by 81%", - Andriy Klyuyev asked heads of regions.

He stressed that despite the fact that the Government has made the opening of special accounts to special use for automatic payments for gas, utilities separate power system, have other accounts to which the money received from consumers of thermal energy. Andriy Klyuyev. He instructed the heads of regions to stop the practice of using several bills by power system utilities.

For every percentage increase in gas debt heads of all local levels will be held personally responsible and accountable to the Cabinet of Ministers, Andrey Klyuyev said.

"It is surprising large inertia in the fundraising from the leadership of Naftogaz Ukraine. Besides allegation that consumers do not pay, cannot hear what steps were taken to improve the situation with payments ", - First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Andriy Klyuyev said that the government is preparing measures to assist local authorities with debt. Specifically designed bill that would allow for a debt restructuring in the energy sector, in particular, will help solve the problem of lack of financial support payments of debts of enterprises teplocomunenerho assessed penalties, which greatly complicates the ongoing work of the industry, said Andrei Klyuyev.

First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine also instructed the Ministry of Finance in two weeks to repay debt for all energy budget institutions and organizations, and local governments - debts of local budgets.