Outage schedules will not apply to enterprises that import 80% of their electricity, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced.
“This will allow such enterprises to operate uninterruptedly and stably, as well as reduce the power deficit in the power system, which means more light in the homes of Ukrainians,” he noted.
Shmyhal added that currently Ukraine can import up to 1.7 GW of electricity, and the government is negotiating to increase this volume to over 2 GW, as all technical capabilities exist for this.
The use of imported electricity by industry will avoid outages and increase the resilience of the power system.
In October 2023, the government adopted Resolution No. 1127, which guarantees industrial consumers a stable supply of electricity provided that they import part of it. In particular, the volume of imports required to avoid outages was 50% of actual consumption in each billing period in October-April and 30% in May-September.
