Energy companies warn of possible shortages due to colder weather and increased electricity consumption. No outage schedules are predicted
Kyiv • UNN
Due to increased consumption due to the cold snap and technical problems at power plants, Ukraine may face an electricity shortage, although no blackouts are planned.
The situation in the power system is complicated. The increase in consumption due to the cold snap may cause a shortage in the power system. There are no electricity exports today, and the volume of imports are small. This was reported by Ukrenergo, according to UNN.
Electricity production
According to Ukrenergo, the situation in the power system remains difficult.
During the day, one unit at the thermal power plant was put out of service for technical reasons one unit at a thermal power plant was taken out of service for technical reasons. In addition, the repair period was extended of two more units at different power plants were extended. Instead, 2 units returned to operation to operation after the repair.
Solar power plants cannot operate at their maximum capacity of their capacities due to dense cloud cover across the country, Ukrenergo said.
Electricity generated by Ukrainian power plants is still sufficient to meet the needs of household and legal consumers. Ukrenergo's dispatch center does not yet predict a deficit in the in the power system. No consumption limits have been introduced. No outage schedules have been introduced or introduced and are not forecasted
However, it is noted that today the temperature is already lower in the morning is lower than yesterday. Accordingly, the level of consumption is growing. The level of consumption is also affected by the gradual the gradual restoration of power supply to consumers in the western region who were were cut off by the bad weather.
This may lead to to a shortage of electricity in the system. Therefore, to maintain a balance between production and consumption in the power system, it is necessary to conserve electricity
Blackouts
Power supply is being restored in Lviv region to consumers who were cut off due to the bad weather on December 3.
In total, due to 31 settlements were cut off from power supply this morning. It's been going on for more than a day in Lviv region.
Due to hostilities and other reasons, 436 settlements remain without electricity. 436 settlements remain without power. Due to shelling, there are new damages in the networks of regional power companies in Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions. Emergency repair works are carried out depending on the security situation and with the permission of the military. Exports/imports
Exports/imports
There are no exports today.
Electricity is imported in the evening hours from Slovakia, Romania, and from Slovakia, Romania, and Moldova. The total volume is 202 MWh, with maximum capacity in some hours up to 120 MW.
Since December 1, the technical possibility of importing electricity from From December 1, the technical possibility of importing electricity from Europe to Ukraine and Moldova is 1700 MW, according to Ukrenergo.
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