In April, DTEK energy workers restored electricity to 206,000 families in 239 settlements in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, left without power due to enemy shelling. Specialists of the DTEK Grids Distribution System Operators repair the grids destroyed by the enemy immediately after obtaining permission from the AFU and SES.
In April, the most shelled grids were in the regions close to the combat zones – Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions. Over a month, energy workers have restored the operation of power equipment for 199,000 families in Donetsk and almost 7,000 families in the Dnipropetrovsk regions.
“Specialists of the Distribution System Operators work in the high-risk areas daily to restore electricity to residents of the most difficult regions. Since the beginning of a full-scale war on February 24, 2022, energy workers have restored electricity to 7.4 mln* families in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Donetsk regions, as well as in the city of Kyiv,”
– noted DTEK Grids CEO Oleksandr Fomenko.
DTEK Grids energy workers are doing everything possible to repair the damage immediately and commence work immediately after obtaining permission and access to the injury site from the AFU and SES.
* considering that some customers had electricity restored to them on two or more occasions.
DTEK Group is the largest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector, with 55,000 employees and over €12 billion of capital invested since 2005.
Our businesses generate electricity at wind, solar and thermal power plants; distribute and supply power to end consumers; extract natural gas and coal; trade energy resources on Ukrainian and foreign markets; and provide domestic and commercial energy services.
Over the last 20 years, DTEK has grown into a national energy leader and is today transforming into a pan-European clean energy business.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, DTEK Group has restored power to millions of consumers across regions affected by hostilities.
DTEK Group is 100% owned by SCM Holdings. The ultimate beneficiary and sole shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov, a businessman and philanthropist.