Survey on EU experience and practices on natural gas supply to households (USAID/Tetra Tech-Mercados ESP Ukraine programme)

The aim of the assignment is to provide information on specific aspects related to the supply of natural gas to households in gas retail markets of a number of selected EU countries, so as to assist the ESP Project in identifying practices and reform areas applicable to the Ukrainian gas sector context. The survey focuses on how the retail gas market evolved, the rights and obligations of suppliers and consumers for switching, the settlement of imbalances and the role of the supplier of last resort.