Emergency power outages have been canceled
17 February 11:59
Ukraine has canceled emergency blackouts in some regions, and the process of supplying power to de-energized consumers is underway. This was reported by the press service of Ukrenergo, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
Earlier, Ukrenergo reported that the blackouts were imposed due to Russian attacks on energy facilities. In such cases, industrial consumers and businesses are disconnected first, and restrictions for household consumers are applied only in certain cases (except for emergencies in the networks of regional power companies).
However, now that the schedules have been canceled, Ukrenergo says that they cut off power due to increased consumption.
“Today, on February 17, as of 8:00 a.m., its level was 2.4% higher than on the previous working day, Friday. The reason is a significant cold snap in most regions of Ukraine. Yesterday, February 16, the daily maximum consumption was recorded in the evening. It was 1.2% higher than the maximum of the previous Sunday, February 9,”
– ukrenergo said in a statement.
It also reminded that the Ukrainian power system is currently recovering from Russian massive missile and drone attacks. Emergency repair works at power facilities continue.
“To balance the power grid, emergency power outages were introduced in some regions this morning. First of all, industrial consumers were disconnected (where possible),”
– ukrenergo said.
Earlier, DTEK noted that blackouts were applied in Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipro and Sumy regions.
Also, on the night of February 16, Russian troops attacked a thermal power plant in Mykolaiv, which resulted in the complete destruction of power generation in the city.
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The situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
In 2024, Russia carried out regular massive attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector. For example, on March 22, 2024, Russia carried out one of the most massive attacks in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular,Dniproges and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
The Russians destroyed the Trypillia and Zmiiv thermal power plants, causing Centrenergo to lose 100% of its generation. Also, 5 of DTEK’s 6 thermal power plants were heavily damaged.
After that, power outages began again in Ukraine, and the government raised the electricity tariff by 60% at once.
In this situation, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky N PP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Center has criticized these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.
Russia launched another massive attack on the Ukrainian energy sector on August 26. This time, they hit distribution and power generation systems, and the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant was also attacked.
Russia carried out the most massive shelling of Ukraine on November 17, 2024, firing 127 cruise, ballistic, and supersonic missiles and 109 attack drones. DTEK reported serious damage to its thermal power plants.
After that, some experts predicted that blackouts could last until spring. And the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine voiced the worst-case scenario, which envisages blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.
However, as of early February, these predictions turned out to be wrong. Ukraine quickly coped with the consequences of the November shelling and went through most of the winter without massive power outages.
