National Power Company Ukrenergo is a private joint stock company with 100% state-owned shares, which is managed by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. Ukrenergo is the transmission system operator of Ukraine with the functions of operational and technological control of the Integrated Power System of Ukraine (IPS), transmission of electricity via trunk power grids from generation to distribution networks, as well as commercial metering administrator and settlement administrator of the electricity market of Ukraine. Ukrenergo ensures: • the balance of production and consumption of electricity and capacity in the power system in real time; • the operation and development of trunk and interstate power grids; • the parallel operation of the power system of Ukraine with the power systems of neighbouring countries; • the technical possibility of export / import of electricity to 4 countries of the European Union and neighbouring countries. NPC Ukrenergo’s organisational structure is based on the regional principle and consists of 4 territorial administrations (Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western) which include 15 regional grid maintenance centres (RGMC). There are 6 regional dispatch centres (RDC) performing dispatch control functions. There are also two specialized separated subdivisions: Budivnytstvo i remont (Construction and Repair) and Ukrenergoservice responsible for logistical and service support of Ukrenergo. Our personnel of above 7 thousand employees maintain unique high-tech equipment of 103** substations of 220-750 kV and over 19 thousand kilometers of trunk and interstate transmission lines, which annually transmit hundreds of billions of kilowatt-hours of electricity from generation to distribution networks. ** Excluding 34 substations and a number of transmission lines located in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.