DTEK brings back light: energy workers restored power to more than 281,000 families in December
The enemy continued intensified attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure in December. Lines and equipment suffered destruction due to missile or drone strikes. The energy system in the regions close to hostilities also suffered from enemy artillery shelling and air strikes. In particular, energy workers managed to restore electricity to the de-energized homes of 175,800 families of residents of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the south of which is in close proximity to the area of hostilities.
Donetsk region remains an arena of the hardest hostilities. In December, energy workers managed to restore electricity to homes of 67,800 families in this region. Specialists of the energy company continue restoring grids in the frontline region on a daily basis – once the security situation and the military permit.
Odesa region also suffered from enemy attacks. In December, energy workers restored power to 30,800 homes, de-energized due to new enemy attacks here. During the same period of time, energy workers of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators restored power to homes of 7,000 families of residents of the Kyiv region that were also de-energized after shelling.
“In December, the enemy actively attacked the energy infrastructure of the country. Nevertheless, energy workers join efforts to keep providing residents with electricity. Our task is to provide residents and critical infrastructure with electricity as much as it is possible in the conditions of regular shelling. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, we have already restored electricity to 16.4 million families in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Donetsk regions, and in the capital,” – noted Alina Bondarenko, 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 dozens of occasions.