In Ukraine, power outages resumed. In some regions, electricity is cut off for enterprises for 13 hours, as imports from countries The EU has become extremely expensive.
On November 13, for the first time in the heating season, planned power outages resumed in Ukraine. So far — enterprises and in some regions. The termination of power supply to companies from 7.00 to 20.00 was announced by Volynoblenergo, Prykarpatyeoblenergo and Zhytomyr.
"On Wednesday, November 13, from 07.00 to 20.00 in In the Volyn region, a schedule of limiting the consumption of electric power in the amount of five queues will be used for industrial consumers. We ask the enterprises involved in the restrictions to fulfill all the requirements. Outages apply only to legal consumers. This schedule is used when there is a threat of a violation of the balance between production and consumption of electric power," Volynoblenergo reports.
There may be more areas where enterprises have been disconnected. The restrictions were also announced by the operator of the Ukrainian energy system, but did not specify the regions.
"On November 13, capacity restrictions for business and industrial consumers are temporarily introduced. The reason: a short-term decrease in the capacity of shunting generation and a significant decrease in the volume of electricity imports. Restrictions will be in effect during the day. In the evening, after eliminating comments on the operation of the equipment, restrictions will be lifted," Ukrenergo reports.
The day before, on November 11 and 12, Ukraine reduced electricity imports from EU countries to a minimum of 1.58 GWh out of 50.4 GWh possible. The reason was a sharp rise in prices in the markets of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Romania, which are the main suppliers of electricity to Ukraine.
So, on November 13, the average wholesale price in Hungary is, according to HUPX, 355 euros per MWh, and during peak hours it reaches 714 euros. In Slovakia — 235 euros and 364 euros, In Romania — 320 euros and 610 euros, in Poland — 183 euros and 267 euros. Since the beginning of November, the cost of electricity on the exchanges of Eastern European countries has increased 3-7 times. It got colder in the region, and windlessness stopped wind farms, which caused a shortage of electricity.
The purchase of 80% of electricity consumed in the EU allows Ukrainian companies to guarantee non-stop operation. Imports occur through traders. Another option is on The Ukrainian Energy Exchange. But it is impossible now, since the regulator has set a price limit of up to 200 euros per MWh, and at such prices no one can sell European electricity on the WEB.
After retaliatory strikes by the Russian army, Ukraine lost power plants with a capacity of 9 GW, and electricity imports from the EU became one of the main sources, creating problems for supplier countries as well. Therefore, the European operator agreed in the autumn to Kiev's request to increase the import capacity, but not much — up to 2.1 GW per hour.
In Kiev, it is expected that in winter, even at full import capacity, continuous outages of all consumers can last up to 10 hours.