Ukrenergo announced blackouts in five regions
2 August 2024 13:45
Ukraine is not expected to introduce hourly blackouts. However, due to shelling and technical reasons, there are blackouts in five regions. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to Ukrenergo.
“Due to the hostilities and other reasons, 484 settlements are fully or partially de-energised.
Due to hostilities: there are power outages in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
For technical reasons, consumers in Sumy and Chernihiv regions lost power in Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
At the same time, electricity consumption in the country continues to remain at the same level. Yesterday, 1 August, the daily maximum was recorded in the evening. Its level is 1.2% higher than the same figure for 31 July.
Power engineers ask citizens to use powerful electrical appliances during the daytime, from 11:00 to 15:00, if possible. This is the period when the power system has the most electricity due to the active operation of solar power plants.
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Over the past week, there have been fewer scheduled power cuts in Ukraine. This is due to the fact that consumption has decreased amid a cold snap after a heatwave. Several nuclear power units have also been repaired.
Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 29 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out the most massive shelling in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, the Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were severely damaged.
After that, blackouts began again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
