DTEK restored electricity to 37,800 families in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions over the course of a week

Thermal power generation22 January 2024

From January 15 to 21, energy workers of the DTEK Grids DSO have restored power to 44 settlements, thus restoring electricity to 37,800 homes in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, de-energized due to constant enemy shelling. Specialists of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators repair the grids, destroyed by the enemy, immediately after obtaining permission from the AFU and SES.

Donetsk region remains an area of the most active hostilities, where constant shelling damages grids and substations on a daily basis. Our specialists restore electricity supply once the shelling subsides and the military provide a permit for work performance. They managed to restore electricity to homes of 24,500 families in the frontline region last week.

Regular shelling constantly affects south of the Dnipropetrovsk region too, where our specialists also managed to repair a number of grids damages and restore electricity to 13,300 families over the course of the week.

“For 698 days now, energy workers have been holding the energy front and providing Ukrainians with electricity in the conditions of increased risks. Since the beginning of a full-scale war, we have already restored electricity to 10.6 mln* families in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Donetsk regions, and in the city of Kyiv. Some settlements close to the area of hostilities had electricity restored to them on dozens of occasions,” – noted Oleksandr Fomenko, CEO at DTEK Grids.

DTEK Grids energy workers are doing everything possible to eliminate damage as soon as possible. They commence work immediately after obtaining permission and access to the site of damage from the AFU and SES.

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