On May 6, the State Property Fund – the branch operating under embattled chairman Valentyna Semenyuk-Samsonenko – cancelled the sale of state-owned minority stakes in six regional power companies. The resolution has been published in the Privatization News, SPFU’s official bulletin, of May 7. 

On April 2, UNIAN reported that the SPFU had announced the upcoming sale of state-owned stakes in six regional power companies.

- 25 percent of VAT Poltavaoblenergo’s shares were to be sold on the Ukrainian Inter-Bank Currency Exchange (UICE) on May 14, 2008.

- 26.98 percent stake in VAT Lvivoblenergo was to be sold on Innex Stock Exchange on May 15.

- 25.02 percent of Prykarpattyaoblenergo was to be placed on the PFTS stock exchange on May 21.

- 25 percent of VAT Chernigivoblenergo Power-Supplying Company was to be sold on the Kyiv International Stock Exchange (KISE) on May 22.

- 25 percent of VAT Sumyoblenergo’s stock was to be placed on the Ukrainian International Stock Exchange (UISE) on May 28.

- Finally, 25.01 percent stake VAT Odesaoblenergo Power-Supplying Company was to be sold on the Ukrainian Stock Exchange (USE) on May 29.