Yesterday morning, 11 DTEK plants were temporarily closed for emergency repairs

Yesterday morning, 11 DTEK plants were temporarily closed for emergency repairs, reports Ukrenergo, the state electricity distribution company. During the first week of February, sub-freezing temperatures pushed electricity usage to the highest level in six years, Andriy Gerus, chairman of the Rada Energy Committee said on his telegram channel. Timchenko said yesterday that his capital-starved company has not had the money to do regular maintenance on 50-year-old Soviet plants. He said: “If we do not have the money, we can’t pay for maintenance and repairs.”