On the night of December 18, Russian troops struck energy facilities in five regions of Ukraine, leading to widespread power outages for over 180,000 consumers. According to Acting Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov, the regions affected include Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk.
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Energy supply situation in the regions
As a result of previous shelling, over 12,000 residents of Odesa region remain without electricity. According to Artem Nekrasov, energy workers continue to conduct emergency restoration work around the clock to restore power to Ukrainian homes as quickly as possible.
Due to extensive damage to the energy system, specialists are forced to implement emergency shutdown schedules, as it is impossible to maintain a stable balance in the grid without them. At the same time, a redistribution of an additional 800 MW of electricity is planned in the near future. This could help reduce the duration of outages for some of the population.
Changes in shutdown schedules and new capacities
To optimize the situation, the Ministry of Energy has compiled a list of facilities that do not belong to critical infrastructure. These will be transferred to general shutdown schedules, allowing for a fairer distribution of the load on the grid.
“To this end, the working group at the Ministry of Energy has provided regional military administrations with lists of non-critical facilities that should be transferred to general shutdown schedules,” emphasized the acting minister
Additionally, by the end of the year, it is planned to put into operation another 300 MW of distributed generation. This is expected to enhance the reliability of electricity supply and reduce dependence on major transmission lines.