The situation in the power system has worsened this week: Ukrenergo explains
3 June 2024 09:48
This week, the situation in Ukraine’s power system will be more difficult than in the last days of May. This was stated by Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Chairman of the Board of NPC Ukrenergo, on Suspilne TV channel.
According to him, this situation is caused by three factors. The first factor is the scheduled outage of two nuclear power units. The second is the consequences of Russian shelling of energy facilities on 31 May and 1 June. The third, according to Kudrytskyi, is the projected increase in consumption due to the heatwave, as Ukrainians will start switching on air conditioners.
“The deficit that we were relieved of for a few days this week will return. And it will come back in a rather serious volume. It cannot be physically covered by electricity imports from Europe. Therefore, starting from 3 June, we are expecting scheduled blackouts throughout the day,”
– said Kudrytskyi.
He added that the biggest electricity shortages will be in the morning and evening every day for the next week.
It should be noted that on Monday, 3 June, electricity consumption limits for industrial and residential consumers will be in effect across Ukraine from 00.00 and throughout the day.
Thelast attack on the Ukrainian power system took place on the night of 1 June. Then the Russian military struck at power facilities in Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Donetsk, Kirovohrad and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. In particular, the occupiers hit two hydroelectric power plants. This is the sixth massive attack on the Ukrainian energy system since March.
