DTEK Donetsk Grids returned power to the front-line village named Novoselovka-2 that lost power after hostilities

The 10 kV line was damaged on 11 September. Since it is in the gray zone, it was required to get additional coordination with the JCCC (Joint Center for Control and Coordination on Ceasefire Issues) and involve representatives of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the OSCE to do the restoration work.

“As soon as the company received all the needed approvals, our energy workers immediately started to restore power supply. We have replaced more than 500 meters of wire cut and broken by splinters in three spans of the 10 kV line, 12 insulators, and restored the operation of 4 transformer substations. We returned electricity to 154 households in the Novoselovka-2 village,” says Oleksii Degtyarev, General Director of DTEK Donetsk Grids.

DTEK Donetsk Grids serves the Ukraine’s interests, shares the values of the community, and understands that permanent and uninterrupted power supply is crucial for the residents in the region.

Let us recall that in May DTEK Donetsk Grids restored the operation of the 35kV overhead line named “Scherbinovka – Podyem-3” damaged after army actions, and returned power to 660 households in front-line villages of Druzhba and Ozarianovka. In June, the company restored the operation of the 10 kV line and returned electricity to 37 households in the front-line village of Opytnoye. In July, DTEK Donetsk Grids restored the operation of the 6 kV line and returned electricity to 68 households in the front-line villages of Travnevoe and Gladosovo.

In 2021, DTEK Donetsk Grids restored the operation of 3 high-voltage lines, 20 medium-low voltage lines, 88 transformer substations damaged after army actions. The company restored power supply for more than 1,700 residents in 13 frontline settlements.