Ukraine’s government updates list of sites exempt from rolling blackouts

Source: the Ukrainian government website

The Ukrainian government said on Tuesday it has added more facilities to the priority list of essential customers who will be exculded from controlled rotating power outages. Under the new rules, power cut schedules will no longer apply to security and defense facilities or mobile network operators.

Key facilities that now receive priority for electricity supply include:

• Security and Defense Facilities: They are listed by relevant authorities or executive bodies overseeing military units.
• Telecommunications Infrastructure sites, including technical and structural elements of electronic communications networks, as identified by the National Center for Operational and Technical Network Management.

These sites will have priority power supply until June 1, 2025, and are exempt from scheduled hourly outages.

In addition, the priority list will include the entities classified as critical infrastructure sites:

• Critical Infrastructure with a Minimum Power Requirement of 100 kW: These facilities are part of the National Register of Critical Infrastructure.
• Border and Conflict Zone Areas: The exemption is still in place for the communities located within 20 kilometers of the Belarus and Russian borders, as well as those near active combat zones.