The damage is already measured in billions of hryvnias and continues to grow.
Due to Russian attacks on Ukrainian < strong>energy facilitiesthere is a possibility of an increase in electricity tariffs for the population.
Energies Minister German Galushchenko spoke about this in an interview Bloomberg. p>
“The destruction was significant – both in the power industry and in the power transmission. The situation is complex. We still do not understand the scale of the losses, since many objects are still in ruins and we cannot reach them”< /em>,” said the official.
He noted that despite the fact that losses have not been officially calculated, they are already measured in billions of hryvnia and continue to grow. The scale could reach billions of dollars.
“Six gigawatts of electricity were affected, which is three times more than Ukraine planned to import from the West this winter. DTEK said 80% of its facilities were seriously damaged.” , the message says.
Constant Russian attacks are fraught not only with loss of electricity, but also with environmental disasters.
” Attacks on hydroelectric power plants are acts of terrorism and war crimes, since they affect not only energy production, but also the operation of dams on rivers,” the minister explained.
He added that greater damage to the network will complicate the situation in the summer, when consumption reaches its peak.
We will definitely communicate with people. Everyone wants to live comfortably, but we must think about the fact that there are restrictions now… Depending on the situation in July-August, we will ask people to save as much as possible. The Russians cannot cause a repeat of the blackouts of 2022 and 2023. Even in the event of enormous damage, we will have basic generation that covers from 30% to 50% of our needs,” Galushchenko said.
Also The minister does not rule out the possibility of increasing the electricity tariff for the population. To this end, the government is now studying various options for financing the repair of its energy facilities. This is despite the fact that in June last year, after the winter attacks, the price of electricity almost doubled.
“Today the situation is even more complicated compared to last year, since we have lost a lot of hydroelectric power and are forced to carry out scheduled repairs of nuclear units,” Galushchenko concluded.
Note that only in recent weeks < strong>Russians destroyed more than 6 gigawattsof the capacity of our energy network – this includes hydropower and coal energy.
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