Centrenergo mismanagement and coal shortages threaten Ukraine’s energy security

Ahead of Ukraine’s long, energy-consuming winter, coal reserves in the country’s power plants are dangerously low.

As of Sept. 8, reserves in the nation’s coal-fired plants were at 759,000 tons, less than half of the 1.8 million tons the government planned to have this time of year, according to the parliamentary energy and utilities committee.