Ukraine: ten-hour blackouts Kyiv’s new realities

Longer power outages in Kyiv are a new reality for Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the Yasno operator CEO, Serhii Kovalenko, has said. “The situation in Kyiv is difficult. Today, all three groups of consumers are almost completely disconnected from supplies simultaneously. The schedules naturally aren’t working at the moment. In addition to all the damaged sites,…

Lithuania: agreement with Sweden on energy producers’ excess profits must be reached without EC help

Lithuania and Sweden should negotiate ways to share electricity producers’ excess profits without the European Commission’s intervention, Asta Skaisgiryte, the Lithuanian president’s senior foreign policy adviser, has said. “The European Commission could be involved, if necessary, but I don’t think we should do that. I think we should be able to reach a mutual agreement,”…

Ukraine: NPPs reach planned capacity

Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, except for the Zaporizhzhia NPP, reached their planned capacity, Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s electricity transmission system operator, said in a post on Facebook. “As of December 18, the process of restoring the energy system operation is underway. Nuclear power plants have reached their planned capacity. The exception is the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP that…