From July 9 to July 24, the schedules of power outages in Ukraine will be changed in the regions, Ukrenergo warned, UNN reports.
From July 9 to July 24, all oblasts will change their blackout schedules. In each region, there will be no restrictions on one of the days during these two weeks. On the other days, consumption restrictions will be implemented according to the schedules published by regional power distribution companies in each region
It is reported that this is necessary in order to measure the actual consumption in each region. And that such measurements are carried out every year - in winter and summer - and allow us to more accurately predict the operating modes of the country's energy system.
When there are no restrictions in the area*:
In the absence of massive attacks on the energy infrastructure, the tentative schedule of regime measurements is as follows:
- July 9: Dnipropetrovska oblast;
- July 10: Kyiv city;
- July 11: Kyiv and Khmelnytsky regions;
- July 12: Donetsk, Chernihiv, Odesa regions;
- July 16: Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia, and Rivne regions;
- July 18: Volyn, Lviv, and Chernivtsi regions;
- July 19: Ternopil, Poltava, Kherson, and Zakarpattia regions;
- July 23: Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv regions;
- July 24: Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, and Kirovohrad regions.
*Measurements do not apply to the temporarily occupied territories
What is it for?
Thanks to such measurements, Ukrenergo will be able to see how consumers behave when they have constant access to electricity. "We will be able to determine exactly how much electricity each region consumes now, in summer, without any restrictions, and how much electricity each region needs for its vital activity. The results take into account changes in the population and in the location of enterprises," the company said.
It is reported that this will make it possible to more accurately determine where decentralized generation projects should be implemented in the first place and calculate the optimal solutions for each region.
How will they do it?
One by one, consumption restrictions will be completely lifted in each region for one day. As there are energy shortages in the system caused by massive Russian attacks, at the same time in areas where no measurements are made on a particular day, consumption restrictions may be slightly modified. More specific information on the outage schedules, as indicated, can be obtained from the regional power distribution companies in their region. "But power engineers will do everything possible to ensure that consumers do not feel additional discomfort due to the measurements," Ukrenergo emphasized.
At the same time, the company noted that if Russia repeats massive missile attacks on the energy infrastructure and, as a result, there is a significant shortage of available capacity in the Ukrainian power system, the regime measurements will be postponed until the situation stabilizes.