DTEK brings back light: energy workers have restored electricity supply to 36,000 families in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions over the course of a week

In early February, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions are the regions, where hostilities cause damage to the energy infrastructure almost daily. Over the course of a week (January 30 through February 5), specialists of the Distribution System Operators have restored operation of grids for 30,000 families in Donetsk and 6,000 families in Dnipropetrovsk regions.

“It will soon be a year since energy workers have been working in the conditions of increased danger, associated with hostilities. Since February 24 last year, they have already restored power to 6.8 mln customers. Due to the intensity of shelling in the Donetsk region and in the frontline area of the Dnipropetrovsk region they have to restore electricity to some customers in the same settlements almost every day,” – noted DTEK Grids CEO Oleksandr Fomenko.

The most critical situation remains in the Odesa region. Energy system of the region is extremely weakened due to missile attacks. On February 4, one of the main substations of NPC Ukrenergo broke down, leaving residents of Odesa and Odesa district without electricity. DTEK energy workers are currently helping NPC Ukrenergo and local authorities stabilize the situation. On February 5, DTEK has provided Odesa with 15 powerful generators for the critical infrastructure. A number of socially important facilities will be connected to them from the grid. This way, energy workers will unload the grid, while freed power will be directed to the needs of household consumers, making it possible to provide electricity to residential buildings in Odesa and Odesa district for 2 hours twice a day.