Ukraine is not expected to introduce hourly blackout schedules. However, due to shelling and technical reasons, there are blackouts in six regions. This was reported by the press service of Ukrenergo, Komersant ukrainskyi
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“Due to the hostilities and other reasons, 485 settlements are fully or partially de-energised,” the statement said.
Due to the hostilities, there are power outages in Donetsk, Dnipro, Kharkiv and Kherson regions
For technical reasons, consumers in Sumy and Zhytomyr regions lost power in Sumy and Zhytomyr.
Ukrenergo noted that due to the hot weather in the southern regions, electricity consumption continues to grow.
Today, 9 August, as of 9:30 a.m., the level of consumption is 2.7% higher than at the same time yesterday, 8 August.
Yesterday, the maximum consumption was recorded in the evening. It was 2.2% higher than the previous day.
“No restrictive measures are expected to be applied today. Possible changes will be announced later,” the statement said.
Ukrenergo reminded that the power system is still recovering from eight massive Russian attacks, and emergency and scheduled repairs are underway at power facilities.
“We urge you to consume electricity sparingly throughout the day whenever possible during the heatwave,” the company said.
As a reminder, in recent weeks, Ukraine has not had a scheduled power cut. This is due to the fact that consumption has decreased amid a cold snap after a heatwave. Several nuclear power units have also been out of service.
Situation in the Ukrainian energy sector
on 29 March 2024, Russia resumed its attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, carrying out the most massive shelling in the entire period of the full-scale war. In particular, DniproHES and other Ukrainian energy facilities were hit. Since then, Russia has been regularly shelling Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
For example, 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 severely damaged.
After that, power outages started again in Ukraine, Ukrenergo introduced blackout schedules and the government raised electricity tariffs by 60% at once.
At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to build two new units at the Khmelnytsky NPP and has already received the approval of the relevant parliamentary committee. The Razumkov Centre has criticised these plans, but some experts believe that only traitors or scoundrels are against the construction of nuclear power plants today.