15 settlements get power back after blackouts caused by extreme weather

Thermal power generation18 March 2021

15 settlements have the electricity working again. DTEK Donetsk Grids workers have restored power supply in settlements that lost electricity after extreme weather. In addition, over the past day, power supply was restored to 184 transformer substations, and 19 power lines.

15 settlements get power back after blackouts caused by extreme weather

“In a day, we returned the power supply to more than 2,000 of our customers. There were 23 field crews involved in the recovery work. The company's workers are all set to prevent outages caused by bad weather and eliminate possible accidents. We work 24x7 to ensure that houses of our customers have electricity,” says Oleksii Degtyarev, CEO of DTEK Donetsk Grids.

Let us recall that a strong wind, rain and sleet caused a number of blackouts across Donetsk Region yesterday. Kramatorsky and Pokrovsky Districts were harmed by bad weather the most.

Information about outages can be checked using the Viber or Telegram chatbots, as well as on the company's website in the section Scheduled and Emergency Outages. If your address is there, the power workers know about the outage. If you did not find your address, leave a message on the company's website in the same section, or call the call center (0629) 450 473, (099/096) 4500473, or write in private messages on the DTEK Donetsk Grids Facebook page.

You can learn how to find your address in the list of emergency/planned outages on the company website here.