«Naftogaz started importing large volumes of electricity to support the power system
Group. «Naftogaz» started Import of significant volumes of electricity, to support the Ukrainian power grid in the face of shortages. The purchased electricity covers more than half of the consumption of all the company's production facilities, In particular, those that provide natural gas production.
How this will affect the power system
By importing electricity, Naftogaz reduces the load on the domestic market. The freed-up electricity can now be used to focused on the needs of the population, which makes it possible to reduce the duration of outages in the regions.
Why it matters
Naftogaz's production facilities are among the largest consumers of electricity in the country. Switching to imports:
stabilise the gas production sector;
Reduces the risk of stopping critical production;
increases the overall resilience of the power system in the face of attacks.
Context.
After massive Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukraine is forced to combine domestic generation, electricity imports and economy mode. Naftogaz's decision is seen as one of the mechanisms system balancing and protection of household consumers.
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