Emergency blackouts return to Kyiv and the region after a brief pause

Reintroduction of unscheduled restrictions

Energy supplier DTEK announced that the emergency power outage system has been activated again in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. These measures were implemented based on a direct order from Ukrenergo.

Currently, power is being cut in the capital and the region outside of the scheduled rotation. The hourly outage schedules previously published for this period are no longer in effect.

Brief stabilisation

The power supply situation temporarily improved on 4 November. At that time, DTEK informed that emergency restrictions in Kyiv Oblast had been lifted and a transition to stabilisation schedules had begun.

The company also published an outage schedule for all categories of consumers. According to it, power was to be cut for up to 17 hours a day in some rotation groups.

However, the period of return to the planned regime proved to be extremely short. Just an hour and a half after the announcement of energy stabilisation, emergency restrictions were reintroduced.