Under fire for the sake of light: energy workers of DTEK Dnipro Grids restored more than 2,000 km of lines during the two years of full-scale war

Overhead power lines in the southern districts of the region, which are under constant enemy fire for more than 18 months now, are the ones most often destroyed by shelling. They suffer from direct hits, falling of fragments of projectiles and drones. Energy workers had to repair some of them on dozens of occasions. In particular, there is a “record holder” line in the Dnipropetrovsk region at the bank of the Kakhovka water reservoir, which was repaired 47 times. 

“For two years now, our energy workers have been working in the conditions of increased danger and repairing grids, destroyed due to shelling and hostilities, often to the sounds of explosions and under the threat of new shelling. Since the beginning of the full-scale rf’s invasion, our specialists repaired 550 damaged power facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk region, restored operation of 2,300 kilometers of power lines of various voltage class. Our emergency crews are working daily to ensure stable operation of the energy system, doing everything possible to provide residents of the Dnipropetrovsk region with electricity even in the conditions of constant attacks on the energy system,” – noted DTEK Dnipro Grids CEO Andrii Tereshchuk. 

One of the largest electricity restorations were conducted in June and August 2023 – after guided missiles attacks on Kryvyi Rih. Two lines of 150 kV were heavily damaged at that time. DTEK Dnipro Grids specialists worked 24/7 to restore electricity to all families as soon as possible. They managed to repair all lines in three days.  

Since the beginning of this year, the enemy resumed its targeted attacks on the energy system of the region. In Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohrad, in particular. After every such attack, energy workers promptly find power reserves and restore electricity to the residents and enterprises. 

Since February 24, 2022, energy workers restored electricity to homes of more than 1.4 mln* families in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 

* considering that some customers had electricity restored to them on 2 or more occasions.