DTEK brings back light: energy workers restored electricity to more than 715,000 homes in March

Thermal power generation01 April 2024

In March, DTEK energy workers restored power to homes of more than 715,000 families*, affected by shelling and attacks in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Odesa regions. After each air attack or artillery shelling, specialists of the Distribution System Operators promptly repair the grids once they obtain permission from the AFU and SES.

In March, enemy attacks on energy infrastructure intensified, leaving thousands of Ukrainians without electricity. In particular, last month energy workers of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators restored electricity to 303,000 families of residents of the Odesa region, whose homes were de-energized due to numerous enemy attacks.

Over the same period of time, grids have also been damaged in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where electricity has been restored to 213,000 families in March. The enemy is regularly shelling Dnipropetrovsk region with the south of the region suffering the most.

In March, energy workers have also restored electricity to 195,000 families in the Donetsk region, where active hostilities are ongoing, and destruction of the energy infrastructure happen every day. Likewise, specialists of the energy company continue restoring grids and equipment on a daily basis – once the security situation and the military permit.

Additionally, the enemy does not suspend its attempts to attack the Kyiv region, where electricity has been restored to 3,000 families in Bucha and Vyshhorod districts last month.

“Our task is to provide residents and critical infrastructure with electricity as much as it is possible in the conditions of regular shelling. In March, the enemy increased his efforts to leave Ukrainians without electricity. One of the largest attacks on the energy system took place on March 22, causing the need to apply power shutdowns in most regions of Ukraine. However, despite all enemy efforts, joint efforts of the energy workers throughout the country made it possible to provide residents with electricity and avoid massive blackout,” – noted Oleksandr Fomenko, CEO at DTEK Grids.

Company’s specialists continue to work together with AFU and SES in the regions of fiercest hostilities and restore operation of the grids immediately after obtaining permission from them.

* considering that some customers had electricity restored to them on 2 or more occasions.