DTEK's repair team came under fire again while performing routine maintenance near the contact line in Donetsk Oblast, severely damaging a work vehicle, the third such incident in the last two weeks.
On July 2, Ukrenergo will introduce emergency power outage schedules across Ukraine, DTEK reports.
On July 1, consumption restrictions will be applied throughout the day.
On Sunday, June 30, consumption restrictions will be applied throughout the day in Ukraine.
Yesterday, Ukraine attracted emergency electricity imports from Poland, Romania, and Slovakia due to hostile attacks on energy infrastructure. Nevertheless, there is a need for stabilization blackouts throughout the day.
Russia has attacked DTEK's thermal power plants almost 200 times, resulting in the loss of about 90% of generating capacity, with losses estimated at $350 million and requiring years of restoration work.
Hourly power outage schedules will be in effect throughout the day on June 29 in Ukraine due to electricity shortages, Ukrenergo reports.
There is a shortage of missiles for Western air defense systems in Ukraine, as the country does not produce these missiles and is completely dependent on partner support, which requires more support from Western allies to protect critical infrastructure and deter Russian aviation.
Power engineers repaired a short circuit at a substation in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, restoring power to 18 de-energized houses within an hour.
A short circuit occurred at a transformer substation in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, causing a temporary power outage for 1,000 consumers, but not affecting the city's life support.
In Ukraine, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect throughout the day on June 28 at the direction of Ukrenergo, DTEK reports.
Tomorrow, Ukraine will have hourly power outage schedules throughout the day at the direction of Ukrenergo, DTEK reports.
A funicular in Kyiv stopped at around 13:00 due to a power outage.
On Friday, June 21, in Ukraine, from 00:00 to 06:00 and from 13:00 to 23:00, increased energy consumption restrictions will apply due to the consequences of Russian attacks on energy facilities.
According to Ukrenergo's instructions, DTEK's energy companies will adhere to shutdown schedules throughout the day on June 21, with prompt updates in case of any changes.
DTEK power engineers have restored power to about 5,250 homes in the Brovarsky District of the Kiev region after enemy shelling damaged high-voltage power grids, and efforts are continuing to restore power to all families in the Kiev region by the end of the day.
Russian armed forces fired at DTEK's thermal power plant, wounding three power engineers and causing serious damage to equipment, marking the seventh major attack on the company's facilities in the past three months.
The number of high-rise buildings in the capital that are connected to critical infrastructure lines and do not shut down during the schedules has tripled. In October 2022, there were 1497 such buildings, or 12% of the total. Now there are only 510 or 4%
The schedule of power outages was shortened due to an increase in solar energy production, which avoided outages from 10:00 to 15:00 on June 18.
On Tuesday, June 18, stabilization blackouts will be in effect all day due to a power shortage, DTEK said.
A thunderstorm with heavy rain and winds of up to 25 m/s knocked out 36 power lines and 611 transformer substations in Kyiv region, leading to emergency power outages.
DTEK Kyiv electric networks explained that blackouts occur in accordance with approved schedules, while the gray zone indicates planned blackouts, and the light gray zone indicates additional blackouts necessary to balance the power system, while the schedules are updated, as well as possible emergency blackouts.
Due to thunderstorms in the Kiev region, emergency power outages occurred, which affected 254 transformer substations and 15 high-voltage overhead power lines.
According to DTEK, on June 9, restrictions on the supply of electricity were lifted throughout the day in Ukraine, which will allow the country to spend the day without planned blackouts.
Tomorrow, June 9, the schedules of stabilization shutdowns in the Kiev, Donetsk, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions will be valid only from 20:00 to 22:00.
Stabilization shutdowns in Ukraine will begin today at 18:00 instead of 16:00 due to the situation in the energy system and will last until 24:00, according to DTEK and Ukrenergo.
Emergency blackouts were introduced in the Odessa region. Please note that during emergency outages, schedules that can be predicted in advance do not apply.
According to Yasno CEO Serhiy Kovalenko, power outages in Kiev may last longer due to the large number of critical infrastructure.
Tomorrow, an energy shortage is forecast in the energy system throughout the day. Therefore, power outages can be applied throughout the day.
Emergency power outages were introduced in many regions of Ukraine.