PM Svyrydenko promises eased power outages as more capacity made available to households

Svyrydenko said the Cabinet of Ministers removed two categories of consumers from the critical list: those with capacity under 100kW and ones that powered non-critical consumers thought their local distribution networks.

“Consumers identified as noncritical during our review will now follow general outage schedules,” she wrote in a Telegram post.

On Dec. 9, Svyrydenko said Kyiv was preparing additional measures to reallocate electricity consumption and prioritize household over industrial users. She also directed local authorities, regional military administrations and municipal utilities to curb nonessential power use. “Additional lighting of buildings, streets, parks, decorations, and outdoor advertising in our cities is not a priority during this difficult energy situation,” she said at the time.