Since the Beginning of the War, 860 DTEK Energy Employees have Become Blood Donors for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Victims of the War

Energy sector workers have been holding Ukraine’s energy front lines for more than a year. However, their contribution to daily life of ordinary people is not limited to this. They also continue to help people on the humanitarian front.

30 employees of the energy and repair facilities owned by DTEK Energy have recently visited a local blood transfusion station in Dnipropetrovsk Region and once again participated in donating blood. It is extremely necessary for Ukrainian defenders, victims of the war and all those who need it.

Donating blood has already become a good tradition for the company’s employees who make their own contribution to saving lives. More than 860 employees of power generating, coal mining and machine building enterprises managed by DTEK Energy have donated blood for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and war victims since the beginning of the war.

DTEK Energy Invests Over UAH 5.9 Billion in Energy and Coal Mining Facilities Despite the War

Since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, DTEK Energy has invested over UAH 5.9 billion in the company’s energy and coal mining facilities. As a result, energy sector workers managed to repair 27 power units of thermal power plants, and miners were able to establish 30 new longwalls, which allowed to address coal needs of Ukrainian TPPs.

This made it possible to maintain the stability of the Ukrainian energy system in wartime conditions, under massive enemy attacks, and, above all, in the midst of the harshest winter in history.

Pilot Cutoff Schedules Implemented in Odesa from 9 February

For the first six days, DTEK ensured 100% availability of electricity during the guaranteed hours. The consumers had electricity for the average of 19 hours a day over the six days the schedules were in place in Odesa and Odesa district. The average downtime was 5 hours. The residents of Odesa oblast had electricity for the average of 22 hours a day.

Generators from DTEK and Ministry of Energy Provide 30 MW Worth of Extra Power for Odesa and Odesa District

DTEK and the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine have provided 29 generators for Odesa’s critical infrastructure including the water, sewerage, and heat supply networks, the hospitals etc.

The generators installed at those facilities have freed up 30 MW worth of electricity which can be allocated for the needs of household consumers during power outages. These reserves enable electricity supply to an additional 6,000 households.

DTEK Restores Electricity Supply to 54 Thousand Households

From February 13 through 19 the DTEK power engineers restored electricity supply to  54 thousand households in 121 communities of  Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts which suffered from electricity shortages caused by Russian artillery and missile strikes.

The continuing attacks on Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk oblasts have been causing damage to power grids leaving the local residents without electricity. Within one week from the 13th to the 19th of February the distribution system emergency teams managed to restore electricity supply for 51.5 thousand households in Donetsk oblast and 2.5 thousand households in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.

Mass media: “State and private generation companies are in a dire need of active international support”

State and private generation companies are in a dire need of active international support. Such reports have appeared on Ukrainian media.

According DTEK ENERGY commentary, the repayment of debts owed by the state would also help to reduce the financial burden on the generation companies. For example, the state owes generation companies over UAH 6 billion which accrued under the previous marketplace terms. The state also owes generation companies for the services provided on the balancing market. The debt to DTEK Energy alone has reached almost UAH 2.3 billion. These funds can be allocated to the restoration of the equipment damaged by air strikes and preparation of the infrastructure for the next heating season which is due to commence once the current heating season is over.

DTEK Energy Delivers One More Vehicle to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

DTEK ENERGY continues donating vehicles to meet the mobility needs of the AFU. This time the company financed the delivery of a pickup truck to help Ukraine’s defenders fighting in Kharkiv oblast.

The military transport was delivered within the framework of “1,000 Cars of Freedom” initiative of the Head of Lviv RSA. The goal is to finance and deliver one thousand all-wheel-drive vehicles to fulfill a range of military and humanitarian tasks including ambulances.

The earlier delivery of DTEK Energy to the Armed Forces of Ukraine included 2 pickup trucks, 1 van and 5 diesel generators for the total value in excess UAH 1 million.

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine, DTEK Group has allocated over UAH 800 million to support the AFU and humanitarian projects.

Despite Continuing Air Strikes, DTEK Maximizes Potential of its Thermal Power Plants to Reduce Energy System Deficit

Despite the war and the destruction caused by massive strikes, DTEK Energy thermal power plants continue to play a key role in ensuring reliable operation of Ukraine’s energy system.

The amount of energy generated by the TPPs into Ukraine’s energy system in January was equivalent to an average annual power consumption of more than 400,000 households.

Their total power generation in 2022 almost equaled an average consumption of 6 million households.

To maintain the balance and resilience of Ukraine's energy system, the company’s repair teams are working 24/7 restoring the equipment damaged by the strikes.

The situation in the power system remains complicated due to yet another Russian attack on Ukraine's energy facilities

Following yet another Russian attack on Ukraine's power facilities on January 26, the situation in the power system remains critical. "Ukrenergo" issues daily power consumption limits to oblast distribution system operators.  Currently, the limits allow us to apply stabilization outage schedules in the city of Kyiv and in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

Unfortunately, due to the destruction of two power facilities in Odesa region, emergency power outages have been in effect in the region since January 26.  The region will be able to return to stabilization outage schedules after the damaged power facilities are repaired.

Power engineers have restored power supply to 60,000 families

Over the past week, from 23 to 29 January, power engineers have restored power supply to 60,000 families in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts that were left without power supply due to the enemy's shelling. The repairs were carried out in 51 settlements. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, electricity supply has been restored to 6.8 million households* in the city of Kyiv and in Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

*cumulative figures, including some settlements where power was restored 2 or more times due to regular shelling.

In the first 90 days of the heating season, DTEK's TPPs generated as much electricity as 1.7 million households consume in a year

Over the past 90 days, DTEK Energy's TPPs have generated for the Ukrainian power grid the amount of electricity equivalent to the average annual consumption of about 1.7 million households.

In addition to restoring the equipment after the shelling, the repairmen have completed routine repairs of 4 power units of TPPs. Another 6 are planned to be repaired by the end of the heating season. In total, 26 units were repaired last year, with over UAH 2 billion invested.

We work around the clock: The media have shown how DTEK's power engineers are repairing a TPP damaged by missile strikes

Since the start of massive attacks on Ukraine's civilian and energy infrastructure, the enemy has launched 26 missile strikes against DTEK Energy's TPPs. Over the past three and a half months alone, 26 of the company's power engineers have been injured and 3 have been killed. After each attack, power engineers and repairmen work 24/7 to restore the Ukrainian power grid.

In the telethon, the United News reported on how the power plants damaged by the attacks are being repaired and what Ukrainians can expect in terms of power supply.

Since the beginning of the war, DTEK Energy miners have delivered nearly 750 tons of coal to the Armed Forces, Ukrainian Railways, and local communities

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, DTEK Energy's coal mining companies in Dnipropetrovska oblast have provided almost 300 tons of coal to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The aid was organized as part of the military initiative of Rinat Akhmetov's Steel Front.

This fuel is intended, in particular, to keep Ukrainian defenders on the front line warm. It is used for field stoves made for our defenders by the employees of enterprises. Ukrainian defenders have received more than 300 such field stoves from DTEK Energy miners and repairmen.

Additionally, since the beginning of the war, the company's coal mining enterprises have provided 450 tons of coal for the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia as well as local communities. Thus, the company has already supplied over 750 tons of coal for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and humanitarian purposes.

On 14 January, the country’s power infrastructure suffered another attack

Generation facilities were damaged, which increased the electricity shortage in the power system. NPC Ukrenergo established reduced electricity consumption limits for the DSOs. Because of this, emergency outages continue in most Oblasts. Distribution system operators are forced to comply with the limits imposed on them. Failure to do so may exacerbate the situation in the power system. That is why emergency power cuts continue in most Oblasts.

From 9 to 15 January, power engineers restored electricity supply to almost 41 thousand households

In particular, power supply was restored in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts that were left without electricity due to enemy shelling. The works were carried out in 92 settlements. In total, since the beginning of the full-scale war, electricity supply has been restored for 6.7 million families* in Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Kyiv.

*a cumulative figure that includes some settlements where electricity was restored several times due to regular shelling.

Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko visited DTEK Odesa Grids

The Energy Minister attended a joint meeting with Ruslan Slobodian, Chairman of the State Inspectorate of Ukraine for Energy Supervision, Maksym Marchenko, Chairman of the Odesa Oblast Administration, and Dmytro Hryhoriiev, CEO of DTEK Odesa Grids, to discuss the introduction of power outage schedules in Odesa Oblast. The Energy Minister noted that it’s the DSO’s key responsibility to ensure the fairness of disconnections in accordance with the established consumption limits. According to him, the situation with power supply is gradually improving.

In order to speed up the restoration of power supply, the Ministry of Energy handed over 52 units of equipment required to DTEK Odesa Grids, including
suspended insulators, transformers, generators, and other equipment that will enable power engineers to quickly restore the damaged energy infrastructure and return light to customers’ homes.

The Minister of Energy presented state awards to seven power engineers of DTEK Odesa Grids for their heroic efforts in restoring the power grids damaged by the Russian attacks.

Ildar Saleev: There will be more power cuts following Russia’s latest air strike

‘As a result of Russia’s air strike on 14 January, DTEK’s power plants will reduce electricity generation, and there will be more power cuts’, informed DTEK Energy’s CEO Ildar Saleev during the United News TV marathon.

‘We already see that the generation is bound to drop. Speaking about our power plants only, one of them was shut down completely, so there will be less electricity, and I think that, unfortunately, there will be more power outages’, he added.

Two DTEK’s TPPs were damaged as a result of yet another russia’s attack, and one of them stopped generating electricity altogether

Two DTEK’s TPPs were damaged during yet another series of massive attacks by Russia on 14 January. One of the TPPs stopped power generation as a result of an air strike.

Luckily, nobody was killed or injured. The occupants hit the turbine house of a power unit and completely destroyed it. Other power units also suffered damage.

DTEK Energy’s TPPs were attacked 26 times from September to January. As a result, three power engineers died, and other 26 received injuries. Rescue workers and members of the contractor’s personnel were also killed or injured.

DTEK mines operate at the maximum capacity to supply enough coal to Ukrainian TPPs

DTEK’s coal mines have been operating at the maximum capacity to supply Ukrainian TPPs with much-needed fuel during the hardest heating season in the country’s history. To that end, DTEK commissioned 28 new longwalls throughout 2022.

‘Despite the war, the mines manage to produce enough coal to meet the needs of the Ukrainian TPPs. Thanks to these efforts, Ukrainian families have light and heating at their homes’, informed Ildar Saleev, DTEK Energy’s CEO.

Power engineers helped Ukraine cross the equator of the heating seasons

Despite massive attacks, Ukraine has passed half of the most difficult heating season in its history. It became possible thanks to the courage and professional actions of the Armed Forces, Air Defense Forces, and the heroic work of power engineers, repairmen, miners, and machine builders.

DTEK Energy employees have achieved a lot over the past 90 days. The company’s TPPs have generated as much electricity as about 1.7 million households consume on the average during the whole year.

In addition to the restoration of equipment damaged after the shelling, repairmen have completed scheduled maintenance and repairs at four power units of TPPs. Another six units are planned to be repaired by the end of the winter period. In total, the company invested over UAH 2 bln to repair 26 units last year.

Miners put into operation eight new longwalls. This allows DTEK’s mines to operate at their maximum capacity amid the war and supply enough coal to meet the needs of Ukrainian thermal power plants.

The company supplied coal not only to its own TPPs but also to the state-operated ones. By the end of the year, 120 thousand tons of coal were delivered to state-operated TPPs.

The company’s machine builders that were relocated to safer regions amid the war continue to provide coal mining enterprises with coal mining equipment.

These efforts are instrumental in maintaining the reliability of the Ukrainian energy system and strengthen the resistance at the national power front.

The night into the New Year without blackouts: DTEK is bringing the lights back

Energy workers of DSO DTEK Grids have united their efforts and were able to ensure sustainable electric power supply during the night into the New Year without blackouts in Kyiv, Kyiv region, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk regions. They managed to do this due to the reduced electricity consumption by the industry and the business, as well as to the warm weather.

Since January 3, new stabilizing blackout schedules have been introduced across Kyiv region. They have been elaborated to take the current difficult situation within the energy system into account and shall allow the region’s residents to make better plans for the time when they do not have electricity.

During the previous week, from January 2 till January 8, energy workers brought the lights back for almost 90 thousand families in Kyiv, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, which had been left without electricity supply because of the enemy’s shelling. The works were done in 101 cities and towns. Generally, since the full-scale war broke out, DTEK restored electricity supply for some 6.6 million families* across Kyiv, Kyiv region, Donetsk, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

*an aggregate figure that includes certain cities and towns, where the energy workers had to bring the lights back 2 and more times because of recurrent acts of the enemy’s shelling.

The light above the darkness. Forbes has published a reconstruction of events that took place during the attack on a DTEK Energy-operated TPP, which the russians had attempted to destroy four times

russia has been striking with projectiles on Ukrainian electric power plants for more than three months already – those being the civilian facilities, operated by the people who could never imagine having to work under such conditions. Since the war broke out, Ukrainian energy system endured 11 massive rocket strikes and more than 14 smaller scale acts of barbaric shelling.

According to the data of the Ministry of Energy, more than 1,000 heavy rockets and drones launched at Ukrainian TPPs and sub-stations damaged almost 50% of Ukraine’s energy system. Forbes published a report about a single day from the lives of a DTEK Energy-operated TPP, which the russians had attempted to destroy four times.

Employees of DTEK Energy-operated TPPs have been awarded for their courageous work under shelling

92 employees of thermal power plants and repair enterprises of DTEK Energy received awards from the President of Ukraine, Ukrainian Government and the Ministry of Energy. The employees were awarded for their hard and heroic work under the enemy’s massive shelling.

On the eve of the New Year and afterwards the enemy shelled a DTEK Energy-operated TPP three times

On December 31^st, 2022 and on January 4^th and 6^th, 2023, russia conducted three terrorist attacks on a DTEK Energy-operated thermal power plant. No one has been injured; instead, equipment of the enterprise sustained damages.

During September through January 2022, DTEK Energy-operated TPPs were attacked by the enemy 25 times in aggregate. As a result of these, 26 energy workers were wounded and 3 died. There have also been the dead and the wounded among the personnel of sub-contracting organizations and the State Emergency Service workers.

The enemy has targeted DTEK Energy facilities once again: the latest attack is the twentieth

This week, russia has carried out two terrorist attacks on the DTEK Energy facilities - on December 15 and 16. As a result of both shellings, the facilities were disconnected from the power system. Fortunately, no one was killed or injured.

In total, in September-December, the company's facilities have been attacked by the enemy 20 times. Among the company's employees, 24 have been injured, 3 have been killed. There are victims among rescuers and contractors.

Equipment damage is significant. Energy workers continue to eliminate the consequences of shelling and are doing their best to restore it as soon as possible.

DTEK is looking for equipment in the EU to restore the power system

DTEK Energy is looking for the necessary equipment in EU countries for the fastest possible restoration of the energy infrastructure destroyed by russia. The CEO of the company, Ildar Saleev, said this in his interview with Forbes.

"We mainly have contracts with European companies... The priority is equipment that can be delivered quickly," he said.

According to Saleev, DTEK has already delivered some equipment to Ukraine. The company is also actively purchasing equipment from domestic manufacturers.

DTEK machine builders have produced new combines and hundreds of thousands of pieces of equipment so that Ukrainians can have light and heating

In January-October of this year, DTEK Energy machine builders produced 133 units of mining equipment, 8 combines and 454,000 spare parts and components for miners.

The company's machine builders continue to carry out their work, covering all the miners' needs, so that heating and light come to every Ukrainian home. All this is necessary to ensure uninterrupted operation of DTEK Energy mines and stable operation of Ukraine's energy system.

From December 12 to 18, energy workers brought electricity back for 228,000 families in Kyiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions

In particular, in Kyiv, the operation of power grids supplying water supply facilities was restored. Due to this cold water supply to all of Kyiv and electricity for 16,000 residents of Troeshchyna was restored.

In the Kyiv region, power grids supplying 125,000 residents of Boryspil, Brovary and nearby settlements were restored.

In Donetsk region, electricity was brought back for 51,000 families.

In Dnipropetrovsk region - for 36,000 families.