Severe weather again: DTEK Donetsk Grids to restore power supply to 29 settlements

Thermal power generation21 July 2021

Bad weather is hitting the Donetsk region again. On July 21, the weather deteriorated sharply, which entailed disruptions to 29 settlements in rural areas. DTEK Donetsk Grids is making every effort to resume power supply to the affected areas as quickly as possible.

Severe weather again: DTEK Donetsk Grids to restore power supply to 29 settlements

Thunderstorms and squalls of wind caused blackouts and breaks in 14 power lines and 99 transformer substations. Rough weather hit the northern and central parts of the region. Now the company's energy workers are restoring power supply to 13 settlements in the Kramatorsk district and 16 in the Pokrovsky district.

“DTEK serves the Ukraine’s interests, takes care of its customers and makes every effort to ensure that their homes always have lights on and comfort. We engaged 90 repair teams and 63 pieces of equipment in emergency recovery work. The company's energy workers are doing their best to restore the power supply to the affected settlements as soon as possible,” says Oleksiy Degtyarev, General Director at DTEK Donetsk Grids.

The company plans to eliminate most emergency outages by the end of the day, should there be no new emergencies. The company will inform about the work progress and the completion of power restoration work.

DTEK's crews have been put to full alert and work 24/7 to restore damaged sections of the lines as soon as possible.

Below DTEK Donetsk Grids shares some of the electrical safety rules:

In case of strong wind, you should not be near power lines;
Do not approach broken wires closer than 8-12 meters and in no case touch it;

If you see wires that have fallen to the ground, broken or sagging wires, open doors and hatches of electrical installations, as well as damaged poles, please, notify our call center at (0629) 450 473, (093/096/099) 4500473, or sent a message through our Facebook page.

Information about outages can be checked using the DTEK Donetsk Grids chatbot on Viber or Telegram, as well as on the company's website in the section "Scheduled and Emergency Outages". If your address is there, meaning that our energy workers know about the power cut. If you could not find your address there, leave a message on the company's website in the same section, or call the call center at (0629) 450 473, (093/096/099) 4500473, or message DTEK Donetsk Grids via Facebook.

See our short video tutorial on how to find your address in the list of emergency/planned outages on the company's website.