Crimea plans to increase utility bills for residents

On January 1, 2026, the next stage of tariff increases for housing and communal services began in the occupied Crimea. The occupation administrations have introduced a two-stage price increase scheme during the year.

This was reported by Holos Kryma.

Since January 1, there has been a slight rise in price - within 1.7%, which affected most utilities. However, the main price hike is scheduled for October 1, when the maximum growth index will reach 14.6%.

In particular, the cost of a cubic meter of water, which rose to 43.33 or 47.96 rubles at the beginning of the year, will rise to 49.39 and 54.67 rubles, respectively, starting in October. In addition to water supply, heating and garbage collection will rise significantly in the fall - by 14%. Electricity prices will rise by 11.3%, natural gas prices by 10.1%, and liquefied gas prices will increase by 5.1%.

The changes are already visible in January's bills: garbage collection for city residents now costs 76.07 rubles per person, and for rural residents - 60.85 rubles. Also, since the beginning of the year, the contribution for capital repairs has increased, which now amounts to 11.46 rubles for each square meter of housing instead of the previous ten.

Earlier it was reported that as of August 4, 2025, Mykolaiv had critically low readiness rates for the heating season. Of the 1233 buildings serviced by Mykolaivoblteploenergo, only 30 have readiness certificates, which is only two percent of the total.

The utility company has launched an interactive table of buildings' readiness for the 2025-2026 heating season. The tool allows anyone to quickly and conveniently get up-to-date information on the state of technical preparation of a building for heating. The data in the table is updated daily.

The current situation by type of balance holder is as follows: Housing offices and management companies have issued certificates for 22 buildings, condominiums - for 8, and departmental buildings do not have any certificates yet. Hydraulic tests of heating systems have been performed in less than half of the buildings managed by housing offices and management companies - 400 (49.3%). Only 50 (12.5%) condominium buildings were inspected, and only one (4.8%) departmental building. This means that 61% of the housing stock remains without any preparatory work for the heating season, which is more than half of the stock.

Катерина Глушко