‘We have passed a difficult period’: Ukrenergo announced a return to planned blackouts
The chairman of the board of the company, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, said that the emergency electricity restrictions will continue until the nuclear power plants reach their normal capacity.
The Ukrainian energy system is recovering after massive Russian strikes on November 23 and has already passed the most difficult period. After 1-2 days, consumers will be transferred from emergency to scheduled electricity outages. Chairman of the board of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi announced this on the air of the telethon, reports ZN.
He noted that all regions of Ukraine have recovered, and the energy system is again connected to the energy system of the European Union.
“Our energy system has already passed the most difficult stage after this attack. All regions are restored, the energy system is connected to the European Union’s energy system again,” said Kudrytskyi.
In addition, all three nuclear power plants located in unoccupied territories are already operating. They will be able to reach their usual capacity in 1-2 days, after which the power companies can start scheduled power outages.
Volodymyr Kudrytskyi also reported that Ukrenergo is working to start importing electricity from Europe in the amount of 500-600 MW. However, special mechanisms are needed to guarantee imports, because European energy prices are higher than Ukrainian ones.
We will remind you that on November 24, the company “DTEK” said that the lights in Kyiv will be turned on for 2-3 hours a day for the time being. However, the main task of the energy engineers is to reach the indicators of support before the missile strike of the Russian army on November 23.
The mass media learned 3 scenarios of power outages in the event of new massive Russian attacks. The worst option will come if the Russian Federation launches missile strikes on the distribution devices at the nuclear power plant. Then a complete blackout in Ukraine can last almost a week.
