Volodymyr Kudrytskyi

Ex-Ukrenergo chief blames regulator for return of power outages

The return of power outages is the direct result of a decision by Ukraine’s energy regulator NEURC, former Ukrenergo head and Ne Gen founder Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Facebook on April 2.

3 April, 11:55 AM

Solar, wind generation supply 10% of Ukraine’s electricity

Solar and wind generation produce 10 percent of Ukraine’s electricity on average over a given year, the former chairman of Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, told NV Radio on March 10.

11 March, 11:12 PM

Much of donated energy equipment sits idle, former Ukrenergo chief says

Many expensive cogeneration units donated by international partners were never connected to the grid and remain unused, the former chairman of Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, told NV Radio on March 10.

11 March, 09:22 PM

Kudrytskyi: Fico bluffing on power supply halt

Slovak PM Robert Fico’s threats to stop emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine are a bluff, former chairman of Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said on Feb. 23.

24 February, 01:11 AM

Kudrytskyi warns Ukraine is already late to prevent next winter’s energy crisis — NV interview

Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, co-founder of Negen and head of Ukrenergo’s management board from 2020–2024, assessed the current state of Ukraine’s energy sector, forecast whether electricity outages are likely this summer, and outlined step-by-step recommendations on how to replace Soviet-era combined heat and power plants damaged by Russian strikes.

19 February, 04:47 PM

No blackout in Ukraine despite grid emergency, says former Ukrenergo head

Ukraine’s grid suffered a systemic emergency from the simultaneous disconnection of several major high-voltage lines, triggering automation at nuclear plants and temporary consumer restrictions, but there is no blackout, former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi told Suspilne.Studio on Jan. 31.

31 January, 08:00 PM

Court keeps ex-Ukrenergo chief in custody, lowers bail to $185,000

A Kyiv appeals court has upheld the detention of former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi but agreed to reduce his bail to 7,000,736 hryvnias (about $185,000), Suspilne reported on Dec. 23.

23 December 2025, 05:22 PM

Ukraine has lost 80% of international support for its energy sector, expert says

Compared to 2022–2023, Ukraine has lost the bulk of its international support for the energy sector, Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of the Energy Industry Research Center and former Energy Ministry adviser, said in an interview with public broadcaster Suspilne on Nov. 12.

13 November 2025, 02:28 AM

Halushchenko pushed for Pushkar, now fugitive in NABU tapes scandal — Kudrytskyi

Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko, who headed Ukraine’s Energy Ministry until July 2025 and is now implicated in NABU’s Midas case, attempted to appoint another figure in the same corruption case — Serhii Pushkar, who fled Ukraine on Nov. 11 — to the board of Ukrenergo, former Ukrenergo head Volodymyr Kudrytskyi said.

12 November 2025, 10:37 AM

Ukrenergo did its part to prepare for Russian air strikes—Kudrytskyi

Ukraine’s national power grid operator Ukrenergo did more than any other state body to harden its infrastructure against Russian attacks, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, who led Ukrenergo from 2020 to 2024, told NV Radio on Nov. 11.

11 November 2025, 11:55 PM

Kudrytskyi calls case against him a ‘political reprisal’

Former head of Ukraine’s state power grid operator Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, publicly denounced the criminal case against him as “a very poorly planned and executed political reprisal.”

1 November 2025, 03:39 AM

Former Ukrenergo chief Kudrytskyi released on bail — reports

Former head of Ukraine’s state energy operator Ukrenergo, Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, has been released from pretrial detention after posting bail of 13.7 million hryvnias, RBC-Ukraine reported on Oct. 30, citing sources.

30 October 2025, 02:49 PM

Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi detained for two months

Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, former CEO of Ukraine’s power grid operator Ukrenergo, has been ordered into pretrial detention until Dec. 26 with a UAH14 million ($333,000) bail, public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Oct. 29.

29 October 2025, 08:48 PM

Former Ukrenergo CEO accused of major fraud

Investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) detained former Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi in Lviv Oblast, sources from law-enforcement agencies told NV on Oct. 28.

28 October 2025, 12:33 PM

Former Ukrenergo head Kudrytskyi’s home, phone searched by law enforcement

Before a formal search of his home, agents from the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) seized the phone of Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the former chairman of Ukraine’s national power grid operator Ukrenergo, Kudrytskyi told Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 21.

21 October 2025, 09:57 PM

Ukrenergo sounds call to find new CEO

The Supervisory Board of Ukrenergo (Ukraine’s power grid operator) has announced a competition to find a new CEO to run the company, with Korn Ferry consulting firm overseeing the process.

5 February 2025, 09:38 PM

Cabinet approves independent members of Ukrenergo's supervisory board

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the candidates for the positions of independent members of the supervisory board of Ukrenergo: Patrick Graichen, Luigi De Francisci, Jeppe Kofod, and Jan Montell, according to decree dated Nov. 26.

27 November 2024, 01:34 PM

Ukraine could lose EU electricity imports, expert warns

Ukraine could soon lose its access to electricity imports from the EU, since Ukrenergo’s (national power grid operator) certification might get revoked, Director of the Energy Research Center, Oleksandr Kharchenko, said in a piece for Ukrainska Pravda on Oct. 14.

15 October 2024, 12:38 AM

Russian forces attack energy facility in Poltava Oblast: Some consumers left without power

Russian occupation forces attacked an energy facility in Poltava Oblast overnight on Sept. 22. This was reported by Poltava regional governor, Filip Pronin.

22 September 2024, 11:43 AM

Kudrytskyi cites political pressure as reason for his removal from Ukrenergo

Former Chairman of Ukrenergo (Ukraine’s national power grid operator), Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, stated that his dismissal earlier this month was unrelated to Ukrenergo’s efforts to protect its substations from Russian air strikes.

16 September 2024, 11:27 PM

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