DTEK Dnipro Grids Restored Power Supply to 30 Settlements Overnight

Thermal power generation18 June 2021

Gusts of wind, showers and thunderstorms are still hitting Dnipropetrovsk Region. Overnight, such weather caused outages to more than 70 settlements. There were more than 30,000 subscribers left without electricity during peak hours.

DTEK Dnipro Grids emergency crews worked all night to restore power to the storm-affected regions. As of the morning of June 18, our energy workers resumed operation of 15 power lines and more than 300 transformer substations. About 20,000 residents of the region have their power back.

At night, severe weather brought outages to more than 70 settlements. Currently, 43 settlements are still completely without electricity and 29 partially, which count about 15,000 customers. Because of thunderstorms and gusts of wind, 32 power transmission lines of 6-10 kV, and 428 transformer substations were de-energized.

DTEK Dnipro Grids emergency crews have been put on high alert. They are working 24/7 to provide customers with reliable electricity supply in the shortest possible time. About 200 energy workers of the company are eliminating the consequences of the weather. The company doubled the number of emergency crews in the most affected areas - Novomoskovsk and Pavlograd.

"DTEK cares about its customers and does everything to ensure that their homes always have lights on and comfort. More than 60 repair crews and 66 units of equipment are currently involved in the emergency recovery work. Our energy workers are making every effort to restore energy supply to the affected areas as soon as possible. We plan to compete the recovery of the overhead lines and transformer substations operation today by the end of the day,” says Andrii Tereshchuk, CEO at DTEK Dnipro Grids.

According to weather forecasters, rainfalls, and thunderstorms with wind gusts of 7-12 m/s are expected across Dnipropetrovsk Region in the coming days.

DTEK Dnipro Grids asks residents of the region to stay at home and be careful not to approach bare wires, broken lines, open doors, and hatches of electrical installations, as well as damaged poles.

Severe Weather Tips: information about power outages can be checked on the company's website under Emergency Outages. If you found your address there, that means that the company already knows about the outage and restores the power supply. If you have not found your address, please report to the call center of DTEK Dnipro Grids through the company's website, by phone (056/066/067) 790 99 00, via the Facebook page or chatbot on Viber and Telegram.

Learn why the power goes off during rough weather and what to do in case of an outage in video #ProstoProEnergy (#EnergyInSimpleWords), where Andrii Tereshchuk, CEO of DTEK Dnipro Grids, gives answers to the most common questions. We also prepared a short video tutorial on how to use the online services on the website and learn about planned and emergency outages at your address. You can find it here.