Overview

• On Oct. 8 the Cabinet approved amendments that set the heating season as Nov. 1 to Mar. 31 within gas market PSO rules and removed the prior temperature linkage in those regulations.
• The Energy Ministry stated that local governments decide when to activate building heat based on the regional criterion of an average daily temperature below +8°C for three consecutive days.
• Officials emphasized that the government’s calendar definition does not alter on-the-ground activation, which continues to be determined locally.
• The government extended a fixed natural gas price for heat suppliers and budget institutions through Mar. 31, 2026 to stabilize costs through winter.
• Kyiv enabled centralized heating connections for social institutions from Oct. 3, while the mayor of Dnipro publicly urged a later, coordinated national start in light of current energy conditions.