In January-July 2025, DTEK Networks distribution system operators (DSOs) performed more than 57,000 repairs in 0.4 kV distribution networks without power outages, accounting for more than 60% of all work on this type of network.
“Since the beginning of 2025, DTEK Networks DSO specialists have carried out over 57,000 repairs using modern methods without disconnecting customers. This is 30% more than in the same period last year. We invest in training our energy specialists and modern equipment so that our customers receive quality service,” DTEK Networks reported, citing the company’s CEO Alina Bondarenko.
According to her, this technology is especially critical in the fall and winter, when the number of accidents can increase due to enemy actions and weather conditions.
“However, this technology will allow families to not notice how energy workers are repairing the networks,” Bondarenko added.
As explained by the company, the technology for working on power equipment and power lines without disconnecting customers is used in leading European countries, and from 2021 it will be gradually introduced in DTEK Networks.
According to the company, of the 57,400 repairs carried out from January to August this year on 0.4 kV networks (overhead power lines and metering cabinets) without power outages, 24,000 were carried out in the Odesa region, 23,800 repairs in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 6,900 in the Kyiv region, and 2,500 in the capital.
The training of power engineers to perform work without power outages lasts up to three months. It takes place at special training grounds. For safe work, DTEK Networks provides employees with protective clothing and special equipment: rubber gloves, helmets, dielectric mats, and other means.
In 2025, 448 employees mastered the technology of working on distribution networks, and in total, more than 1,700 DTEK Networks specialists can work using this method.
The company is gradually expanding the list of works that can be performed without disconnecting customers and plans to scale this approach in the future.
DTEK Networks develops its business in electricity distribution and power grid operation in Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Odesa regions. The operating holding’s distribution system operators serve 5.1 million households and 150,000 businesses.
Distribution system operators (DSOs) DTEK Networks continued to repair energy infrastructure in the first half of 2025, investing almost UAH 2.3 billion in its restoration and construction, according to the company’s press service.
“In the first half of the year, we invested almost UAH 2.3 billion in new construction, technical re-equipment, and reconstruction of electrical networks and power equipment, including UAH 686 million for the introduction and development of commercial electricity metering and other areas, and about UAH 930 million. We also invested almost UAH 352 million in repairs in four regions of Ukraine over the six months,” said Alina Bondarenko, CEO of DTEK Networks, as quoted in the press release.
According to the DTEK Networks press release, 4,370 km of overhead power lines, 2,870 cable lines, and more than 3,600 energy facilities in Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa regions were upgraded.
As part of the investment program in the first half of the year, three transformer and four distribution substations were reconstructed, seven new transformer stations were built, and over 101,000 smart meters were installed.
“DTEK Networks is actively implementing its 2025 repair program, preparing the energy infrastructure of four regions—Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa—for the upcoming heating season,” the operating holding company said.
In particular, in the first half of the year, energy companies have already completed over 60% of the planned repairs to power lines.
According to her, in the first six months, DTEK energy companies also repaired 634 transformer substations and distribution points and almost 3,000 other energy facilities.
DTEK Networks develops its business in electricity distribution and power grid operation in Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Odesa regions. The company’s power grids serve 5.1 million households and 150,000 businesses.
