Ukraine is introducing new principles for the application of hourly power outage schedules (HWS) for the population, in accordance with the Instruction of the Ministry of Energy. The changes concern not only the general rules, but also the division of power outage queues into two subqueues, which will allow for a more accurate and even distribution of restrictions between different regions.
This was reported by Ukrenergo, which explained the main aspects of the changes. In particular, if the system can be balanced without disconnecting an entire queue of consumers, dispatchers can give a command to disconnect only half of the queue. If this is not enough, it will be possible to turn off even 2.5 queues to achieve the desired effect.
Under the new rules, power outages can last no longer than 30 minutes, after which a recovery period must begin. This rule is introduced to make the process of power outages and restoration of power supply more controlled and predictable for consumers.
According to the new Instruction, hourly outage schedules will now be unified in all regions of Ukraine. Each group of consumers will receive a clearly defined time for outage, which takes into account a fair distribution according to the criteria of day/night, weekday/weekend. However, since it is impossible to completely equalize the duration of outages for each group throughout the day, the final equalization will be carried out at the end of the week.
The outages will affect not only residential consumers, but also industrial enterprises. Control over power limitation schedules for businesses has been improved. If enterprises do not comply with the order to apply restrictions, the regional energy authority will apply emergency outage schedules for such consumers, and the main network operators will apply emergency outage schedules for consumers connected to them.
Changes to outage schedules are already being implemented at the level of all distribution system operators. Updated schedules can be found on the official resources of the regional energy authorities. Consumers should follow the updates to know the exact time of outages.
