Due to the shortage in the energy system, there is a high probability that electricity in Kyiv will be turned off not only in the dark gray areas of the graphs, but also in the light gray. Thus, there may be no electricity for seven hours, Sergey Kovalenko, CEO of the energy supply company Yasno, said on Facebook..

" It's hard to accept after a long time without blackouts, but this is our new reality now.. Generation will not increase, but consumption is growing. The same deficit is getting bigger,"

In addition, Kovalenko explained how electricity is distributed among consumers according to the limits provided..

According to him, this is done by the dispatchers of the distribution system operators, who receive restrictions on the operation of the power system at a particular point in time.. Everything is usually planned for the day ahead, but the situation is monitored in real time, due to which changes can be made..

First of all, dispatchers ensure the connection of critical infrastructure, which is of the highest priority and must be healed continuously. We are talking about hospitals, fire stations, utilities and other facilities.

Kovalenko noted that such infrastructure, as a rule, consumes approximately 25-30% of the total electricity. After its connection, the remaining resource is balancedly distributed between residential consumers and businesses - queues and groups are already applied to them.

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" But for the New Year holidays, the population was not turned off precisely because business was turned off. And when the consumption volumes of business and industry grow, they have the same proportional restrictions as the population.. Therefore, as they said in October, by the end of March you need to be ready for any situation,"

A day earlier, Serhiy Kovalenko warned of a worsening electricity situation in Kyiv for several reasons, explaining that the power grid would not yet be able to operate without restrictions..