As the leading Ukrainian exchange, the Ukrainian Energy Exchange (UEEX) organises and conducts exchange trading in energy and other commodity markets. The Exchange was founded in 2010 and its main activities include trading in natural gas, oil and oil products, liquefied gas, coal and electricity.

UEEX implements effective mechanisms for exchange trading, clearing and risk management in Ukrainian energy markets, taking into account international best practices. UEEX lists national price benchmarks for natural gas and coal.

More than 900 member companies are registered at the exchange, which provides high liquidity and representative market prices and quotations. UEEX quotations are published by international analytical agencies including Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Ukrainian industry publications, recognising the impartial and transparent formation of market prices at the exchange.

In addition to Europex, UEEX is a member of the European Business Association (EBA), as well as the Ukrainian Association of Electronic and Exchange Platforms (AEAEP), with whom UEEX is implementing a number of projects to create exchange markets. As part of the implementation of new market models, UEEX actively cooperates with major domestic producers of energy resources and electricity, TSOs, large traders, coal mining and energy companies, government agencies and leading global exchanges.

In July 2020, UEEX, the Energy Community Secretariat, EBRD and the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning cooperation on the development of a gas exchange market in Ukraine. In addition, UEEX, the Energy Community Secretariat, OGTSU and NEURC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on the development and functioning of the short-term natural gas market in Ukraine. These two MoUs establish common work conditions for the development of natural gas trading at UEEX and for reforming Ukraine’s gas market in accordance with European legislation.