Ukrainians were advised to "count on themselves": DTEK announced the degree of destruction

DTEK is the largest private electricity supplier in the Russian Federation. Ukraine has lost 90% of its generation as a result of Russian strikes, but plans to restore 60-70% of its generation. This was stated by Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of the energy holding, at the forum "The Future of Ukrainian Energy. Dialogues from NV," Ukrainian media reported today, July 24.

"We plan to restore 60-70% of the generation by October, but on condition that there are no new attacks. Some kind of generation is partially back in operation. Some blocks are very badly damaged, so they will take longer to recover," said Sakharuk.

According to him, the degree of destruction of DTEK power plants is critical — there are no roofs or walls at these facilities. Therefore, even refurbished equipment will not work at low temperatures in winter, he warned.

"We are now talking about the restoration of roofs and walls at our stations. At all our stations there is not a single roof, there is not a single wall. At low temperatures, even the equipment that we restore will not work. Now, in the absence of roofs, the block is simply covered with a sheet of iron and works in the open air. It is raining, there is a short circuit, until there is a roof, the station will not be able to work normally. This is the reality," said the Executive Director of DTEK.

According to him, 10 blocks had to be restored last season, $ 110 million of the company's own funds were spent on this without loans. This season, it is necessary to restore three times as much and spend, according to preliminary estimates, $ 350-400 million.

When asked what advice he can give to local electricity consumers in preparing for the upcoming winter, the head of DTEK answered very concisely and very unsurprisingly: "Count on yourself."

"Count on yourself. I'm not kidding. Everything is in our hands and depends on each of us. If everyone thinks about what they can do to get through the next winter and does something about it, they will definitely succeed," Sakharuk said.

At the end of last month, Ukrainians were warned that they should prepare for more severe blackouts in the coming weeks and months. This is due to the introduction of new electricity consumption limits.