Power: part of Kherson region residents could be left without light

Two districts of the Kherson area after blowing up power lines in southern Ukraine have been supplied by a redundant electrical system With worn out equipment, the increased load may cause the output hardware fails, in that case will remain without electricity 30 thousand people, was warned on the first day of the week the Governor of the region Andrey Putilov.

in the Kherson region of Ukraine were undermined by the supports of the 4 power lines that supply electricity to the Crimea. From November 22 to supply electrical energy to the Peninsula With Ukraine is completely finished. In Crimea and Sevastopol, imposed a state of emergency, schedules of emergency outages. Later Company "Ukrenergo" reported that they had completed work on the restoration of one of the lines Kakhovka - Titanium, However, the supply of electricity it will be possible after agreeing with the proponents of blockade of the Crimea, who are protesting against the resumption of supply of the Peninsula.

According to the Governor of the Kherson area of the RSA, at the moment of Kalanaki and Chaplynka districts in the region " is connected to a temporary backup scheme "." However, we must understand that this scheme is unreliable, the equipment is worn and can not physically withstand. The increased load increases the probability of bringing to a conclusion the equipment ", - quotes the head of the press service of the Kherson regional state administration.

according to his statement, in the case of such a scenario without electricity and gas have the ability to stay 30 thousand inhabitants of area. In addition, the lack of electric power and feeding gas-distributing stations may Also lead to the fact that consumers Kalinciakova and Chaplynka districts will be left without gas, the social sphere without heating. Also without electrical energy will not work the hand pumps water supply pumps and drainage systems that prevent flooding and improve ground water level. The decrease in air temperature and the risk of icing of the wires have the ability to lead to a technological disaster.

According to the acting head of Kherson the trunk electrical networks of state enterprise "Ukrenergo" Igor Bojko, it is necessary in the shortest possible time to connect to power supply restored power line Kakhovka-Titanium. This will bring you out from under the danger of the situation in the Kherson region, but will not cover the needs of the Crimea in electrical energy, since the other 3 lines are not in working condition. Because of this, the Governor of the RSA addressed the audience of the negotiation process to prevent the aggravation of the situation in the region and to allow maintenance crews "Ukrenergo" to connect to the power supply line Kakhovka-Titanium.


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