Head of the tariff policy and licensing department at Ukrenergoconsulting, Natalia Kostyshena, believes that electricity transmission and supply tariffs for oblenergos do not correspond to oblenergos' costs for carrying out electricity transmission and supply. \n"There is such a need. During 2004, transmission and supply tariffs for oblenergos were practically not revised upward. The tariffs that were revised in 2003 were approved on the basis of 2002 costs and prices," she said. \nAccording to Kostyshena, the current oblenergo tariffs do not take into account wage growth in the country: "The rate of wage growth in industry significantly outstrips this growth in the energy sector." \nDirector of the Analytical Center of the "Association for the Protection of Private Investments," Rostyslav Ishchenko, expressed the opinion that the moratorium on raising oblenergo tariffs for electricity transmission and supply is the reason for the decline in the real wage level for oblenergo employees. \n"The imbalance arose because a moratorium on raising oblenergo tariffs has been in effect for more than a year...," he said. \nDirector for Investment Development at the investment company IMEPOWER, Yurii Kubrushko, considers it necessary for the National Electricity Regulatory Commission to incentivize the reduction of oblenergo costs for electricity transmission and supply without lowering tariffs. \n"Incentivizing cost reduction without a corresponding reduction in tariffs," said Kubrushko. \nHe also emphasized that there is a need to streamline the introduction of an investment surcharge to the wholesale electricity price. \nYurii Kubrushko added that moving electricity supply activity from the monopoly into the competitive segment of the energy supply services market could help establish adequate electricity transmission and supply tariffs for oblenergos. \nAccording to a source in the price policy department of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission of Ukraine, Krymenergo, Luhansk Energy Association, and Volynoblenergo have approached the commission with a request to raise transmission and supply tariffs. \nRetail electricity tariffs for oblenergos are calculated on the basis of the wholesale electricity price, which is set monthly by the NERC. \n