Ukrenergo decides not to limit electricity consumption during daytime hours on Tuesday

MOSCOW. May 21 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian national power grid operator Ukrenergo will not restrict electricity consumption by businesses and households from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, having revised its plans announced earlier to limit electricity consumption nationwide for the whole day on Tuesday.

"This has become possible now that the weather is less cloudy in all regions. Industrial and rooftop solar power systems have increased generation, and this has reduced shortage in the power system. The Ukrainian power system is also absorbing surplus electricity from Poland at the request of its power grid operator," Ukrainian media quoted Ukrenergo as saying in a post on its social account.

Considering this, Ukrenergo has asked customers to use power-intensive devices during daytime hours rather than in the evening or at night.

"Hour-by-hour outage schedules will be applied to industrial consumers and households from 5:00 p.m. to midnight," it said.

Ukraine received emergency assistance from European countries from 0:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Ukrenergo said. On Monday, it received such assistance from 0:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and from 11:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Commercial electricity imports from Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, and Moldova declined by 6.5% to 18,242 MWh on Tuesday compared to Monday.

A total of 416 communities in Ukraine had no electricity on Tuesday morning, it said.