Severe weather in Dnipropetrovsk Region: DTEK Dnipro Grids crews are on the alert
According to the Emergency Response Service, it is expected that weather in Dnipropetrovsk Region will get worse during June 1-3. Rainstorms, thunderstorm, and gusts of north-east wind up to 15-20 m/s are expected. Severe weather can lead to breakage of power supply wires. Accidents and outages are already being noted in Novomoskovsk, Pavlograd and the Podgorodnoye area, where severe weather led to the power block of 7 overhead lines. Now the teams of DTEK Dnipro Grids are on the alert to eliminate the consequences of accidents in order to restore the power supply as soon as possible.
The weather event now corresponds to hazard level I (yellow). Due to the weather deterioration, DTEK Dnipro Grids emergency teams have been working 24/7 to ensure that our customers have a reliable power supply.
“DTEK serves the Ukraine’s interests, takes care of its customers and does everything to ensure that their homes always have electricity and comfort. The DTEK Dnipro Grids experts have been working under no timeline and are ready to promptly eliminate accidents if necessary. Now 19 teams of 57 workers engaging 20 units of special equipment are eliminating blackouts in de-energized areas,” says Andrii Tereshchuk, CEO of DTEK Dnipro Grids.
DTEK Dnipro Grids asks residents of the region to stay at home if possible and to be careful not to approach bare wires, broken lines, open doors and hatches of electrical installations, as well as damaged poles.
Tips for possible massive outages because of severe weather: information about emergency outages can be checked on the company's website in the Blackouts section. If your address is there, the energy workers already know about the outage and are busy restoring the power supply. If you have not found your address, please inform the call center of DTEK Dnipro Grids on the company's website, by phone (056/066/067) 790 99 00, via the Facebook page or chatbot on Viber and Telegram.
You can learn about why the power can go out during severe weather and what to do in case of a blackout in the video #EnergyInSimpleWords (#ПростоПроЕнергетику), where Andrii Tereshchuk, CEO of DTEK Dnipro Grids, gives answers to the most common questions. We also have a short video tutorial on how to use the online services on the site and learn about planned and emergency outages at your address. You can find it here.