The volume of electricity consumption in Ukraine on Sunday morning, December 18, increased compared to Saturday, which affected the deficit indicators in the system, NPC Ukrenergo reported..

The reason for the shortage of both damage to energy infrastructure during the ninth missile strike on December 16, and a drop in temperature.

At the same time, nuclear power plants have already reached their planned capacity.. The exception is the occupied Zaporizhia NPP, which continues to be in the shutdown mode.

Currently, emergency recovery work continues throughout Ukraine in high-voltage and distribution networks, and at power plants, but their course is affected by weather conditions, such as increased frost, strong wind of the past day.

" If they are exceeded, emergency shutdowns may be applied,” Ukrenergo warned..

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In the Kyiv region, due to damage to the energy infrastructure, about half of consumers are simultaneously left without electricity, and the region will not be able to return to the planned outage schedules until December 20.