Restrictions are expected to be introduced for household consumers in the period from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. EET.
Power outage schedules will be in effect from 12:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. for industrial consumers on May 15, Ukrenergo added.
Power system experiences a significant electricity shortage throughout the day due to the cold weather, Ukrenergo explained. Ukraine has planned a record volume of electricity imports from the EU with a maximum capacity of up to 1,700 MW per hour.
Electricity shortage and emergency power outages in Ukraine
Controlled emergency power outages were introduced in all Ukraine’s oblasts due to a significant electricity shortage in the system on May 14, Ukrenergo reported.
They were applied from 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Scheduled blackouts were applied across Ukraine between 6:40 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. EET on May 15, Ukrenergo announced.
An emergency blackout schedule was also introduced in Kyiv this morning (May 15).
About 10% of consumers were disconnected, with restrictions in place until approximately 11:00 p.m.
Blackout schedules have been canceled in Kyiv and Oblast, as well as Odesa, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, but the situation in the power system remains extremely difficult, DTEK said later.