The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP has been on one power line since the backup 330 kV overhead line was damaged and disconnected due to shelling on February 20, the Energy Ministry said.
“Unfortunately, due to the difficult security situation and the lack of stable access from the military for power engineers, the line remains de-energized. Accordingly, as in all previous days, Zaporizhzhia NPP remains on one power line. However, power engineers are doing everything possible to restore it,” the ministry said in a statement on its Telegram channel on Sunday.
As reported, on Saturday evening, NPC Ukrenergo said that its power engineers had managed to repair and put into operation the 330 kV OHL, which is a backup for ZNPP.
On Sunday morning, the NPC provided updated information, noting that yesterday repair crews turned on the 330 kV line recently damaged by Russian shelling, which strengthened the stability of power supply in Dnipropetrovska oblast, but still continue to work on restoring the energy infrastructure on which the reliability of ZNPP power supply depends.
ZNPP is connected to the Ukrainian power grid through only one line – the 750 kV overhead line “Dniprovska”. The second operating line (backup), OHL-330 kV Ferosplavna-1, was disconnected on the afternoon of February 20 after the Russian shelling.
