DTEK Dnipro Grids completed main stages of preparation for the 2024-2025 heating season
Preparation for winter is ongoing in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Together with regional authorities, all services are preparing the infrastructure for possible challenges to ensure that residents of the region could get essential services, including electricity and heating.
DTEK energy workers, in their turn, are preparing the grids in the Dnipropetrovsk region for winter. We have repaired over a thousand power facilities of various class of voltage, repaired 882 kilometers of the overhead power lines and cleared 2,252 kilometers of lines from shrubs. The current condition of the distribution grid allows to provide all customers with stable power supply, providing there is no new enemy attacks on the country’s energy system.
“Before the heating season, DTEK Dnipro Grids continues to invest in stability of the grids and develop them. In particular, the total scope of investments already amounts to UAH 902 mln. Besides, we have created a backup reserve and formed 250 crews that are ready to work 24/7 to restore power supply after emergencies. We are working to protect our key facilities as much as possible,” – noted Andrii Tereshchuk, CEO at DTEK Dnipro Grids.
By the end of the year, the Distribution System Operator will upgrade 58 more power facilities, repair 286 kilometers of lines and clear 784 kilometers of the overhead routes along power lines from the shrubs.
Energy workers also continue replacing obsolete meters of the region’s residents, which service life is expiring. They are replaced with the “smart” metering devices. In particular, energy workers have already replaced 46,000 items by October and plan to replace another 24,709 meters with the new ones by the end of the year.
In order to ensure the most efficient preparation for the 2024-2025 heating season, DTEK Dnipro Grids also urges service companies of the multi-appartement houses – housing offices, condominiums, housing associations, managing companies – to inspect their equipment, conduct required maintenance and eliminate possible malfunctions. After all, according to statistics, an average of 30% of emergencies happen in the local networks.