The Ukrainian party promised before the holidays to finish repairing 2 damaged power lines supplying Crimea, said the head of the Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novak.
"Promised for the holidays," said Novak, answering the question about the timing of completion of rehabilitation works and supply of electric energy.
Novak said that he spoke on the subject with the Minister of energy of Ukraine. According to the Minister, two transmission lines are currently under repair and two more in work." those two in use, will flow the required number of power ... I spoke to the Minister Demchishin, " said Novak. In the energy Ministry told " about the readiness of subjects of power industry of Crimea for possible restrictions on the supply of customers ", reports RIA " Novosti ". The energy Ministry stresses that are connected, fuelled and ready for inclusion 761 diesel generator sets (DGS), 13 mobile gas-turbine stations are also ready to work." For operational management of emergency recovery works 86 formed emergency teams, stockpiling of fuel exceed the standard indicators 10 days ", - is reported equally in the message. On the last working day of the week were povedeny an electrosupport in Genichesk and Chaplynka districts in Kherson region of Ukraine, for the reason that two of the 4 main power lines through which electricity flows to the Crimea, destroyed. The Prosecutor of the Crimea Natalia Polonskaya called the regular cases of destruction on the Ukrainian territory of the towers of the transmission line running to the Peninsula, " harmful actions against people." On 24 September, the Deputy Minister of housing and utilities of Russia Andrei Chibis said that Crimea will cope with the shutdown of electricity, if Ukraine will go to this step. So he explained the words of the MP from the faction " Block of Petro Poroshenko ", the head of the organization "the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people" Refat Chubarov about the fact that during the "siege" of the Crimea have the opportunity to be finished the supply of electricity to the Peninsula from the territory of Ukraine. In normal mode, the Crimea provides itself with 30% with electric power generation and 70% ? power flow from Ukraine. In case of emergency: Peninsula at the expense of own sources of electric power will be able to supply themselves by 70-80%.

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