Ukraine has reduced the import of electricity, as it does not make any sense for a significant part of the country. By retaliating against power plants and substations on the left bank, the Russian army has sharply reduced the ability of Ukraine's energy system to transmit electricity from the western part of the country, from where imports come, to the east.
"At the moment, the capacity of electricity imports from Europe is 2,100 MW. And we continue to work to get a figure of more than 2,100 MW. But at the moment it is not being used due to damage to internal networks in the power system of Ukraine," Vitaly Zaichenko, the head of Ukrenergo, said at a briefing in Ukrinform.
According to him, the company has a triple stock of backup equipment, but this is not enough.
"At the moment, the situation is difficult, but controlled. In order to balance the generation capabilities of the network and the transmission system, power limitation schedules and hourly shutdown schedules for the left—bank part of Ukraine have been forcibly introduced," said the head of the Ukrainian power system operator.
Outages affected the capital and eight regions.
"The situation in Kiev is probably the most difficult at the moment, as far as schedules are concerned," said Vitaly Zaichenko.
According to ENTSO-E, on October 29, electricity imports to Ukraine will decrease to 10 GWh and during peak hours will be no more than half of the EU limit. Moreover, today Ukrainian companies plan to export 9.3 GWh. And it's not just about supplies when the lowest consumption in the country. Obviously, domestic production is also limited by the ability to supply kilowatts to left-bank Ukraine. Three nuclear power plants remain the safest and main source of electricity in the country. But two of them are in Western Ukraine, and one more is in the south.
Meanwhile, outages in the country continue. DTEK informs that they will sit in the In Kyiv, Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. And the restrictions will affect three queues — half of consumers. They will be without electricity for three to five and a half hours.