Power outages in 7 regions due to bad weather, Kharkiv is on the outage schedules - Ministry of Energy
Kyiv • UNN
Due to the bad weather, 337 settlements in 7 regions of Ukraine are without electricity, no shortage is expected
In Ukraine, 337 settlements in seven regions are without power due to the weather. Kharkiv was on the blackout charts yesterday and this morning. No shortage of electricity is expected. This was reported by the Ministry of Energy on Wednesday, UNN writes.
Details
"In Kharkiv, hourly outage schedules were applied yesterday, and about 230,000 consumers lost power. The same schedules are being applied this morning, with 115,000 customers disconnected. There are no plans to restrict consumers in other regions of the country," the ministry said.
As stated, "no shortage of electricity is expected". According to the Ministry of Energy, Ukraine's energy system is stable and balanced.
Bad weather
Due to the bad weather, 337 settlements in Ukraine are reportedly without electricity. In particular, 180 settlements in Kyiv region, 58 in Chernihiv region, 48 in Zhytomyr region, 22 in Khmelnytsky region, 20 in Dnipropetrovs'k region, 5 in Cherkasy region, and 4 in Kirovohrad region.
Power outage due to shelling and other reasons
A 110 kV overhead line was cut off in Donetsk region. Hostilities continue in the area.
A 150 kV overhead line was disconnected in Dnipropetrovs'k region due to a wire break. Military operations are ongoing in the area. Consumers were not cut off.
Yesterday, a 330 kV overhead line of NPC Ukrenergo was disconnected in Kyiv region. The line has been restored.
Situation at ZNPP
"The water level in the cooling pond is 15.51 meters. This is enough to meet the needs of the plant," the Ministry of Energy said.
Import and export
For the current day, electricity imports are forecasted at 5415 MWh. Exports are also expected to amount to 1487 MWh.
