KYIV, Dec 7 – In order to avoid blackouts and maintain balance in the energy system amid growing consumption, the dispatch center of NPC Ukrenergo is forced to attract emergency assistance from the operators of the electricity transmission system of Slovakia, Romania and Poland from 11:00 to 19:00 with a capacity of 700 MW.

As Ukrenergo noted on its Telegram channel on Thursday, a difficult situation has developed in the energy system: consumption due to cold weather exceeds the forecast by 2.7%, which is equivalent to the operation of two additional units of thermal power plants, but there is no free capacity.