DTEK Dnipro Grids reminds residents of the Dnipropetrovsk region about the safety rules near power facilities

Thermal power generation09 August 2023

Shelling of the Dnipropetrovsk region is ongoing. Constant hostilities and frequent damage of lines and equipment create risk of injuries due to improper handling of power facilities or behavior near them. Therefore, DTEK Dnipro Grids specialists draw special attention of residents of the Dnipropetrovsk region to the need to comply with electrical safety rules. This will help preserve lives and health of yourself and those around you.

“In summer, people spend more time outdoors. Sometimes, they choose places of stay and recreation near power facilities – electric poles, substations, etc. Staying near such facilities may be dangerous if you do not follow specific rules. Electric current is a hazard that requires the utmost care and attention,” –DTEK Dnipro Grids remarked.

Please remember that the following is prohibited when staying near the power facilities:

opening doors and entering transformer and distribution substations;
performing earthworks in the protected zone of the power lines without the consent of DTEK Dnipro Grids;
approaching the broken wires closer than 8 meters and touching them. Broken radio and communication lines also contain a threat, as they can touch wires of the power lines;
climbing the poles of the overhead power lines, all the more trying to remove the wire;
building any structures, stacking firewood, straw, etc., starting fire in places where overhead or cable power lines pass and where they enter houses, structures;
throwing metal or any other objects on the overhead power lines, breaking insulators;
arranging playgrounds and holding games under the overhead lines, flying kites near the overhead lines and playing near electrical installations;
fishing in the immediate vicinity of the power lines;
it is forbidden to burn residual deadwood, stubble, straw and garbage within the protected zone of the overhead power lines, which is: 8 meters for 0.4-6 kV power lines, 15 meters for 35 kV power lines, 25 meters for 150 kV power lines either side of the projection of outer wires;

As informed earlier, DTEK Dnipro Grids emergency crews have completely repaired the grids after the russians’ missile and artillery strikes that took place on August 7. Electricity has been restored to more than 1,600 families in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Over the past week, energy workers have restored electricity to more than 13,000 homes in the south of the region that were de-energized due to hostilities.

If you see broken wires, damaged poles, open doors of electrical installations or no locks on transformer substations, please inform DTEK Dnipro Grids by phone at 38 (056/066/067/063) 790-99-00, 0-800-301-497. Or you can use Viber and Telegram chatbot or direct message on the company’s Facebook page.