The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has increase standard gas consumption for households without gas meters by 47% and citizens who use only gas stoves will pay for 4.4 cubic meters instead of 3 cubic meters.

The decision under the proposal of the Energy and Coal Industry Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn was made at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

The cabinet decided that new methods for calculating gas consumption standards for various regions will be drawn up in two weeks.

Additionally, the cabinet decided to revoke its basic resolution No. 619 of 1996 – earlier the standards were revised via amending the resolution. As for the amendments made on April 29, 2015 on halving the gas consumption standards, the decision was challenged in courts of all instances, and Demchyshyn said that regional gas supply companies planned to accrue the receipts to pay for 6 cubic meters, not 3 cubic meters from February 2016.

"We revoke resolution No. 619 and adopt new one… We would remove the issue that they challenge… Regional gas supply companies will be satisfied," Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

As reported, the cabinet in April 2015 halved standard gas consumption for households without gas meters.

The higher administrative court of Ukraine revoked cabinet resolution No. 237 of April 29, 2015 that halved standard gas consumption for households without gas meters.

The court said that the standard was reduced unlawfully. Over the whole period when cabinet resolution No. 237 (May 2015 – January 2016) was applied, the payments for gas by households are to be reviewed.