There is no shortage of electricity, no schedules of power outages - Ministry of Energy

There is no shortage of electricity, no schedules of power outages - Ministry of Energy

Kyiv  •  UNN

December 24 2023, 01:20 PM • 35434 views

Ukraine's power grid is operating stably, with no power shortages or scheduled outages, despite significant damage and blackouts in Dnipropetrovs'k and Donetsk regions.

There is no shortage of There is no shortage of electricity in the power system in Ukraine today, and there are no there are no blackouts. In Dnipropetrovs'k and  Donetsk regions overhead lines were disconnected due to significant damage. This was reported by the the press service of the Ministry of Energy, UNN reports.

There is currently no shortage of electricity and, according to the forecast, it is not expected for the current day. The electricity demand of consumers will be met by domestic generation and commercial imports,

- the statement said.

Generation and consumption .

Schedules of power outages are not applied in any of the regions. The situation is is under control. The power system is balanced.

De-energization

In An overhead line of Ukrenergo's 330 kV power company was disconnected in Dnipropetrovska oblast due to significant damage to the wire. 330 kV overhead line of NPC Ukrenergo. Military operations are ongoing in the area.

Also. due to damage near one of the thermal power plants in Donetsk region, a 330 kV overhead 330 kV overhead line was disconnected.

In addition In addition, as a result of a massive shelling of a thermal power plant in Donetsk region, 5 employees of the plant were wounded. All of them were taken to hospitals. The shelling also damaged the equipment of the power grid and the plant itself. One of the TPP's units was shut down by emergency by the staff. Household consumers were cut off from electricity.

Import

Imports electricity imports for the current day amount to 18,800 MWh. Exports are not is not expected.

Recall

As a result of of the enemy shelling, five employees of DTEK's frontline TPP were wounded and.