DTEK continues to fight for light: energy workers restored power to almost 537,000 families in January

Thermal power generation03 February 2025

During the first month of 2025, enemy attacks on the energy infrastructure of the country continued. Despite all security challenges, specialists of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators managed to restore electricity to almost 537,000 homes of Ukrainians*, de-energized due to the strikes in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Kyiv regions. After each enemy shelling, energy workers promptly repair the grids once they obtain permission from the AFU and SES.

The enemy continued intensified attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure in January. Lines and equipment suffered destruction due to missile or drone attacks. 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 homes of 354,100 families in the Donetsk region in January. Donetsk region still remains an arena of the hardest hostilities. Specialists of the energy company continue restoring grids in the frontline region on a daily basis – once the security situation and the military permit.

Energy workers in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the south of which is in close proximity to the area of hostilities, managed to restore electricity to the homes of 138,700 families of local residents, de-energized by the enemy.

Odesa region also suffered from enemy attacks. In January, energy workers restored power to 31,800 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 12,300 families of residents of the Kyiv region.

“In January, 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 16.9 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.