Power grid under fire: power cuts again in Dnipro; emergency power cuts on the Right Bank of Kyiv

As a result of damage to the grid caused by enemy missile and drone strikes, Ukraine’s integrated power system is operating under increased strain. This morning, further large-scale power cuts and emergency power outages were recorded in Dnipro and the capital.

Energy and utility services are working flat out to stabilise the situation.

Dnipro: the network cannot cope with the load

According to Oleksandr Ganza, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, the city of Dnipro has once again been left without electricity. The energy infrastructure, which has been destroyed and damaged as a result of shelling, is unable to cope with the current demand.

“The power engineers worked through the night. Restoration work is still ongoing. The maximum number of teams has been deployed,” said the regional governor.

All the regional centre’s key life-support systems have been switched to backup power supplied by high-capacity generators to ensure the uninterrupted operation of water supply systems, hospitals and other critical infrastructure facilities.

Kyiv: emergency power cut on the Right Bank

The situation remains difficult in the capital as well. According to DTEK, an incident has occurred on the Right Bank of Kyiv involving equipment that had previously been damaged as a result of enemy attacks.

• Right Bank: the schedules for hourly power cuts are temporarily suspended; emergency and contingency power cuts have been introduced.
• Left Bank: the energy sector is managing to keep things on schedule.

Specialists from DTEK and NEC ‘Ukrenergo’ are on site at the locations of the faults and are doing everything possible to localise the damage as quickly as possible and restore power to the homes of Kyiv’s residents. Residents are being urged to use electricity sparingly in areas where power is still available, in order to reduce peak loads on the grid.

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