DTEK restores electricity: energy workers have restored power to almost 120,000 families of Ukrainians

Thermal power generation20 June 2022

Over the course of a week (June 13 through 19), DTEK emergency and restoration crews have restored electricity to 119,000 families in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, thus restoring electricity to 133 settlements, de-energized due to hostilities. Many of these settlements required restoration of electricity on more than 5 occasions since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

Hostilities in the Donetsk region lead to more and more damage to the grids, substations and power outages in the homes of region’s residents. DTEK together with all other services is doing everything possible to restore electricity to the homes of region’s residents. About 20 DTEK crews are working every day to ensure stable power supply.

Over the course of a week (June 13 through 19), DTEK energy workers have restored electricity to 118,270 families in 121 settlements of the Donetsk region despite everyday shelling in the region. In some settlements, energy workers have to repair the grids and restore electricity to the residents every day due to the regular shelling.

We ask residents to treat possible power supply issues with understanding. Energy workers are doing everything possible to restore electricity to residents as soon as possible.

Additionally, energy workers had to repair the grids, damaged by shelling, in the Kryvyi Rih district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. DTEK emergency crews have restored electricity to more than 1,500 families in 4 settlements of the region last week.

Emergency crews of energy workers are working non-stop for 116 days in a row to promptly restore power to settlements, affected by hostilities.

On May 18, energy workers in the Kyiv region have completed restoration of power supply to the residents of districts that suffered from occupation. In general, preliminary estimates show that restoration of the grids in the Kyiv region to the pre-war level of power supply quality and reliability will require investing about 1 billion hryvnas.

Of which the company has already invested over 300 million hryvnas in restoration of electricity to residents of the Kyiv region as soon as possible. Second stage of the grids restoration is ahead. A large scope of work is related to restoration of the backup power supply that will help ensure reliable power supply of towns and villages, similar to the one prior to hostilities. In perspective of 2022-2023, it requires additional investments in the amount of UAH 600-700 mln. The company needs aid from government and international partners in the amount of about 1 billion hryvnas in order to fully restore infrastructure of the grids and develop it as per the plan and needs of residents of the region.

DTEK electricians together with doctors, volunteers, suppliers of essential food and medicine are doing everything within their power to support Ukraine and Ukrainians in these difficult circumstances.