
The national energy company Ukrenergo announced the introduction of hourly power outage schedules for all categories of consumers, as well as power restrictions for business and industry in a number of regions of Ukraine on October 8.
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Ukrenergo manages the energy system of Ukraine and regularly reports on the state of the energy network.
On Thursday, October 8, hourly blackout schedules for the entire day will be introduced in some regions of Ukraine.
The restrictions will affect both industry and business, as well as all categories of consumers.
Hourly blackout schedules will be introduced on Thursday in some regions of Ukraine for the whole day, the national energy company Ukrenergo reported on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow, October 8, in some regions of Ukraine, consumption restrictions will be forced to be applied: 00.00 – 23.59 – power limitation schedules for industry and business. From 00.00 to 23.59 – hourly shutdown schedules for all categories of consumers,” says a message published on the Ukrenergo Telegram channel.
The company did not specify which regions would be affected by the outages.
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