Svyrydenko: Ukrainian energy sector has gone through the most difficult period since the blackout in 2022
The past week has been one of the most difficult for the Ukrainian power system since the blackout in November 2022. About this said prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
According to her, after two combined 20 strokes and january 23amid severe frosts and damage from previous shelling, the power grid was under extreme strain.
After the first attack without light at the same time remained up to 85% of consumers. By the end of the week, the power company managed to supply power to about 60% of customers. More than 180 teams of power engineers, utilities and railway workers are working to restore power. Divers from the State Emergency Service worked in freezing water for a week to repair pipes at one of the thermal power plants.
Svyrydenko noted that the government has increased electricity imports. All requests from businesses on the Pulse platform to connect cogeneration units are being processed as a matter of urgency.
To support the employees of repair teams introduce a UAH 20,000 bonus. It will be given to power engineers, heat engineers, utility workers and railway workers who work in hazardous conditions.
The government also expanded the network of Points of invincibility. The support centers can operate for up to 48 hours continuously. There are more than 10,600 points across the country, with more than 130,000 people using them in a week. Hot meals are available in residential areas without gas heating.
Regular visits to people with limited mobility were organized to provide assistance in the absence of heat. The SES has additionally set up aid stations with beds.
Sole proprietors of the second and third groups with at least one employee will be able to receive a one-time allowance of UAH 7,500 to 15,000 for generators, their repair and fuel. Loans at 0% interest will be available for the purchase of energy equipment.
The authorities and operators provide base stations with generators and batteries so that people do not lose connection during outages.
The Prime Minister said that UAH 2.56 billion had been allocated for mobile generation for regions with critical needs: Dnipropetrovs'k, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. Other assistance to communities and energy companies is provided through a hub at the Ministry of Energy and the State Emergency Service.
The meeting also included "Energy Ramstein". The G7+ partners will soon hand over more than 6,000 units of large power equipment for quick repairs and make additional contributions to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine, Svyrydenko added.
Then the Ukrainian power system experienced a blackout. Its integrity was restored only on November 24 at four in the morning, and at noon on November 24, nuclear units began to return to work.
- on January 24, Energy Minister Shmyhal reportedreported that hundreds of thousands of subscribers were left without electricity in Kyiv.
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