Power outage schedules in effect across Ukraine on Mon - Ukrenergo

MOSCOW. May 27 (Interfax) - Power outage schedules will be in effect again for Ukrainian households and industrial enterprises on Monday, May 27, Ukrainian media said, citing an Ukrenergo statement on a social network.

"Power supply will be limited for households and industrial enterprises in all regions of Ukraine between 6 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. on May 27," the statement said.

"Regional electric companies may resort to hourly power outage schedules if the limits are exceeded," Ukrenergo said.

It noted that power supply to critical infrastructure would not be limited.

In turn, media said with the reference to DTEK that power consumption limits in Kiev would be enough to meet 81% of the demand.

According to Ukrenergo, 16,258MW/h of electricity are being imported from Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Moldova on Monday, which is a third more than on Sunday.

The company said that the imports might reach the technical capacity of 1,700MW in particular hours. There are no electricity exports, and they are not planned, it said.

Ukraine accepted excessive electricity from Poland between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, at the request of the Polish electricity system operator, Ukrenergo said.

As of Monday morning, 458 populated localities in Ukraine were having a power outage for various reasons, it said.