Trypillia power plant hit again; Ukraine applies all-day outages of 2–4 queues on 10 November

Russia again attacked the Trypillia thermal power plant in Kyiv region on 9 November, and the consequences are “extremely serious”, the state-owned company Centrenergo, which operates it, announced. The same evening, transmission system operator Ukrenergo said that on Tuesday, 10 November, hourly outage schedules would apply all day in part of the regions.

What happened. According to Centrenergo, attacks on the plant have intensified since the end of September and the tactics have changed: ballistic missiles and jet-powered strike drones are being used. The company says the plant has protective structures, but the use of several types of weapons against the same target within a short time creates new difficulties. The damage and the scope of repairs will be determined after a detailed inspection. Trypillia is an important source of generation for the Kyiv, Cherkasy and Zhytomyr regions; its generating equipment had also been damaged on 30 September.

The figures. Ukrenergo announced for 10 November, from 00:00 to 23:59, disconnections of 2 to 4 queues for all categories of consumers, plus power limitations for industry. Consumers in each region that are not part of critical infrastructure are divided into six queues; according to Ekonomichna Pravda, with four queues outages can exceed 12 hours a day. The DTEK group counted 128 attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities in the past week and says it restored power to more than one million families.

Context. According to DTEK, the situation remains most difficult in the Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, where the damage requires complex repairs. At a meeting of the government’s energy headquarters it was noted that Kyiv and Dnipro have the biggest supply problems, and work there continues around the clock with additional crews, LB.ua reports.

What comes next. Ukrenergo warns that the situation in the system may change because of the attacks and asks for economical consumption during the hours with power; updated schedules are published by the regional distribution system operators.

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