The Cabinet extended the state of emergency in the energy sector for 1 month.
The Cabinet of Ministers extended the state of emergency in the energy sector for 1 month – until July 17.
The decision was taken at a government meeting on Wednesday.
This is 4 the extension of state of emergency in the energy sector the government of Vladimir Groisman.
For consumers of electricity the state of emergency means possible (if necessary) temporary power outages (called “rolling blackouts”), which the Central dispatcher of the power system is eligible to apply under the shortage of power in the system.
In commercial terms the state of emergency means that the energy goes into manual control, and price demands in thermal generation will not be applied.
A state of emergency expands the powers of the Central dispatcher of NEK Ukrenergo, which won the right in manual mode to adjust the power generation of each power station.
The energy Ministry believes that an emergency situation will save from 300 to 350 thousand tons of anthracite coal (for comparison to the state of emergency daily consumption of anthracite coal at thermal power plants was about 30 thousand tons/day).
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