How the power will be cut off on December 26: schedules from Ukrenergo
26 December 2024 06:10
Today, December 26, Ukrainian cities will reintroduce blackout schedules. Thiswas reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference toUkrenergo.
” On December 26, restrictions for household consumers will be applied as follows: 08:00 – 17:00 – one and a half rounds of blackouts, 17:00 – 21:00 – one round of blackouts,” the statement said.
For industry and business , the restrictions will be in effect from 07:00 to 22:00.
The reason for the temporary tightening of restrictions is the damage to power facilities as a result of a massive missile and drone attack on December 25.
Power engineers urged to consume electricity sparingly.
At the same time, the time of application and the scope of restrictions during the day may change. Up-to-date information on the schedules of outages in a particular region can be found on the website or official pages of the regional power distribution companies in social networks.
It is noted that Ukrenergo determines only the number of queues to be de-energized. The schedules of outages for each individual queue are determined by the regional power distribution companies.
It should be recalled that consumers in each region that are not included in the list of critical infrastructure facilities are divided into 6 queues (groups).
The application of restrictions to three queues means that half of the consumers in each region are subject to hourly outage schedules. Four queues mean restrictions for up to 70% of consumers in each region.
When oblenergos apply one stage of outage schedules, it means 4 hours of restrictions per day, two stages – 8 hours of restrictions, three stages – 12 hours of restrictions, four stages – more than 12 hours of restrictions.
How to distribute this load during the day and how long the queue will be is the responsibility of the regional power distribution companies.
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Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on March 22, 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out one of the most massive shelling operations 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, power outages 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 approval from the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Center has criticized these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
Russia launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector on August 26. This time, they hit distribution and power generation systems, and the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant was also attacked.
Russia carried out the most massive shelling of Ukraine on November 17, 2024, firing 127 cruise, ballistic, and supersonic missiles and 109 attack drones. DTEK reported serious damage to its thermal power plants.
Some experts believe that the blackouts could last until spring. And the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine voiced the worst-case scenario, which envisages blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.
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