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Ukraine will introduce electricity consumption restrictions in several regions on October 6 following Russian attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure, Ukrenergo said.
Starting at 3 p.m. and continuing through the end of the day, power restrictions will include capacity limits for industrial consumers and hourly outages of up to one queue for all categories of consumers. One queue corresponds to up to four hours of power restrictions per day.
Ukrenergo urged consumers to reduce electricity use after 3 p.m. and avoid switching on several powerful appliances at the same time when electricity is restored according to the schedule.
DTEK said scheduled stabilization outages would be introduced in Kyiv and Kyiv region following instructions from Ukrenergo. The company said the outages would affect some consumer groups and could last between two and four hours.
Distribution system operators in Zhytomyr, Sumy, Cherkasy and Poltava regions also announced scheduled restrictions.
Ukrenergo said new power outages were recorded in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions on Tuesday morning following Russian strikes. Emergency restoration work had begun where security conditions allowed.
At 9:30 a.m., national electricity consumption was 2.9% higher than at the same time on Monday. Ukrenergo attributed part of the increase to cloudy weather, which reduced the output of household solar power systems and increased reliance on the national grid.
The company warned that the situation in the power system could change and urged consumers to follow updates from their local electricity distribution operators.
The restrictions come as Russia continues to target Ukrainian energy infrastructure, putting additional pressure on the power system ahead of the heating season.
