Ruslan Slobodyan, the head of the State Energy Supervision Agency, spoke about violations in the system of power outages in Ukraine. During inspections, it was found that some regions avoided scheduled outages.
In particular, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, facilities that did not fall into this category were included in the list of critical infrastructure.
Slobodian noted that the list of critical infrastructure needs to be revised according to stricter criteria. It was also revealed that in Zhytomyr region, some districts did not follow the orders of Ukrenergo dispatchers, which led to an unfair distribution of electricity between regions.
“This is unacceptable, as it creates unequal conditions for other regions,” Slobodyan said on the air of the “We are Ukraine” TV channel. He emphasized that Ukraine’s energy system is not yet fully automated, which allows the human factor to influence its operation. However, state control remains an important element in ensuring justice.
The inspection in Zhytomyr region was initiated based on citizens' appeals and data from Ukrenergo, which indicated possible violations. According to Slobodyan, the region confirmed the acceptance of commands to apply outage schedules, but in reality not all queues were fulfilled, which led to significant or complete retention of the load on the network.
At the same time, energy expert Volodymyr Omelchenko predicts a decrease in the duration of power outages from mid-August, and in the fall, provided there are no new attacks on energy facilities, there may be no outages at all.
Lana Zerkal, a member of the Ukraine Facility Platform coordination committee, reported that the Russian occupiers had carried out up to 20 strikes on some power plants. She emphasized that the situation remains difficult and requires significant efforts to restore and build a new power supply system.
