RLF - Kyiv Emergency Liquidity (EBRD-55503)

Countries
  • Ukraine
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Sep 25, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
City of Kyiv
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 55.56 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 50
Converted using 2024-09-05 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 61.11 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 55
Converted using 2024-09-05 exchange rate.
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ EBRD website

Updated in EWS Sep 9, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Sep 5, 2024

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the project consists of a senior loan of up to EUR 50 million, to provide emergency support to the City of Kyiv via liquidity financing to its key municipal utility, to mitigate the effect of the ongoing war and to ensure uninterrupted provision of critical municipal services to the City's residents, internally displaced persons ("IDPs") and enterprises. The recipient of the liquidity support from the City is Communal Enterprise "Kyivteploenergo" (the "Recipient" or "KTE"), a municipal district heating company, an existing client of the Bank.

Given war- related risks, the loan will benefit from a partial first loss risk cover by the EU Ukraine Investment Framework Municipal Infrastructure and Industrial Resilience ("EU UIF MIIR") Programme.

The Bank's loan will support the key municipal utility by addressing its critical liquidity needs, to ensure uninterrupted provision of essential public services to the City's residents and businesses, despite the direct damages from the war and additional demand for district heating services driven by the presence of significant number of IDPs.

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Categorised B (2019 ESP). The provision of short-term working capital to support liquidity of the City, to compensate for temporary revenue losses and additional expenses due to the ongoing war and to support an existing client, is not associated with any new environmental or social (E&S) risks or impacts. The institutional capacity and resources of the company and the City to address Environmental, Social, Health and Safety ("ESHS") and Public Safety risks are strained.

Investment Description
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A senior loan of up to EUR 50 million.

The loan will be co-financed by an investment grant of EUR 5 million from the EBRD Crisis Response Special Fund benefiting from the US government contribution.

Private Actors Description
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Kyivteploenergo is the largest supplier of district heat and hot water in Ukraine. The company covers approximately 90% of thermal energy demand in Kyiv, and supplies heat to almost 3 mln of Kyiv city residents. The company manages two largest thermal power plants in Ukraine - CHP-5 and CHP-6 as well as the only waste incinerator "Energy" (waste-to-energy plant) and operates 2.7 thousand km of district heating networks.

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - KyivTeploEnergo Undisclosed -

Contact Information
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COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION

Oleksandr Prokopenko
df.kmda.prokopenko@ukr.net
+380442027929
https://kyivcity.gov.ua/
36 Khreschatyk St., Kyiv, 01001, Ukraine

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