“Electricity blackout schedules ceased to apply on September 7”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Tomorrow, September 21, measures to limit consumption are not planned,” the energy experts noted.
Thus, the lights in Ukraine have not been turned off for two weeks.
Electricity blackout schedules ceased to apply on September 7. This restriction has been applied since the day of another large-scale shelling of Ukrainian energy facilities by Russian troops on August 26. Ukrenergo called this Russian attack on the Ukrainian energy system the largest since February 2022. According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, a total of 15 regions of Ukraine were affected by the attack.
In the summer, Ukraine periodically operated hourly blackout schedules, the main reason for their use being the consequences of Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian power plants. According to Ukrenergo, the losses of the Ukrainian energy system exceed 9 GW of capacity, which is equivalent to the consumption during peak hours in the summer of the Netherlands or Finland.