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On November 14, most regions of Ukraine will again face electricity consumption restrictions.
Ukrenergo cited the consequences of massive Russian missile and drone attacks on energy infrastructure as the reason for the measures.
Planned restrictions:
Hourly outages: 00:00–23:59, covering 2 to 4 rolling blackout shifts
Power limitation schedules: 00:00–23:59 for industrial consumers
Times and extent of restrictions may change. Ukrenergo also urged citizens to conserve electricity.
The company noted that Russian missile and drone attacks in October–November caused significant losses of available capacity by damaging or destroying generation, transmission, and distribution facilities. As a result, some regions face a serious power deficit. Since Ukraine’s energy system is interconnected, the shortage affects the system as a whole, not just individual regions. The inability to meet all demand with available capacity has necessitated emergency and rolling power restrictions.
On October 16, Ukrenergo CEO Vitaliy Zaichenko emphasized that Russia has changed its attack strategy on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, aiming to gradually destroy the system. All company services are operating in an enhanced mode.
Separately, on November 10, NABU and SAP launched a large-scale anti-corruption operation in the energy sector, named “Midas”.
The criminal organization systematically obtained illegal payments from Energoatom contractors, ranging from 10% to 15% of contract value. Contractors were pressured to pay kickbacks to avoid blocked payments or loss of supplier status, a practice referred to as the “barrier.”
Investigators uncovered a large-scale money-laundering scheme, with around $100 million processed through a dedicated office in central Kyiv.
