Regional power outages re-scheduled for July 5, – Ukreenergo report
Source: Ukrenergo/Telegram
Regional power companies have scheduled two-line power outages lasting from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM for July 5, said Ukrenergo in its update. Starting 3:00 PM, the regions will switch to three-line power outages, whihc will impact half of the consumers.
As Ukraine’s power grid remains unstable after Russian disruptive attacks, the grip operator had to implement longer rolling blackouts across the country to balance the power shortages.
“A line is a category of household consumers and businesses that consume a certain amount of megawatts. Ukrenergo dispatch center determines how many lines to implement across all the regions simultaneously to compensate power shortages of the grid. Regional power companies then decide on when and for how long each ‘line’ of consumers will face a power cut,” said Ukrenergo in its statement.
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