DTEK brings back light: energy workers restored electricity to homes of 463,000 families in December

Thermal power generation04 January 2024

In December, energy workers of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators continued to restore power to settlements, affected by hostilities, thus restoring electricity to 463,000 families in Kyiv, Odesa, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk regions and in the city of Kyiv. In 2023 – the second year of the full-scale war – energy workers have restored electricity to a total of 3.4 mln customers*. Specialists of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators repair electrical equipment, destroyed by the enemy, immediately after obtaining a permit from the AFU and SES.

For the second year of a full-scale war, energy workers of the DTEK Grids have been doing everything possible to provide electricity to homes of every customer and repairing grids, damaged by the enemy shelling.

In December alone, power has been restored to almost 430,000 families in the Donetsk region*, where hostilities are especially active, 28,000 families in the Dnipropetrovsk region*, 4,700 families in the Odesa region, 443 families in the Kyiv region and 155 families in the city of Kyiv.

“For two years, our specialists have been working in the conditions of increased danger and repairing grids, destroyed by the enemy attacks. Since the beginning of a full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, energy workers have already restored electricity to more than 10 mln families. Our primary priority is to provide electricity to customers as soon as possible. Energy workers commence work immediately after obtaining permission and access to the site of damage from the AFU and SES,” – noted Oleksandr Fomenko, CEO at DTEK Grids.

The enemy continues its attacks – energy workers continue to work to ensure that power supply remains reliable.

* including restoration of electricity to some customers on 2 or more occasions.