The Cabinet of Ministers has identified critical facilities that should be provided with priority power supply during power restrictions.
The initiative was enshrined in Resolution No. 600 of May 24 “On Approval of the Procedure for Determining and Applying Limit Values for Electric Power Consumption,” published on the government portal on Monday.
According to the resolution, these facilities include critical infrastructure facilities of the fuel and energy sector and the life support sector listed in the Register of Critical Infrastructure Facilities. In addition, these are healthcare facilities of state or municipal ownership, military units and territorial centers for manning and social support (including facilities used for the territorial community under martial law), enterprises of the defense sector of Ukraine, including those that perform mobilization tasks (orders) for the creation, production, repair and supply of weapons, ammunition, military equipment, special components, as well as railway transport enterprises.
At the same time, the priority energy supply facilities include enterprises whose activities are important for ensuring the country’s food, economic and/or energy security, enterprises with a continuous production cycle, electronic communication networks, and public authorities (the Verkhovna Rada, the Cabinet of Ministers, central executive authorities, law enforcement agencies, namely the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the State Emergency Service).
The lists of critical facilities are approved by the regional and Kyiv city state administrations (military administration) after consultations with local governments, distribution system operators (DSOs) and the State Agency for State Regulation of Energy and Energy Efficiency on the expediency of including the facility in the list, the permissible minimum load levels, the power supply schemes of the specified consumer, the sub-consumers on the same line that need to be disconnected, etc.
It is noted that the DSO is obliged to ensure a fair and uniform order of distribution of the maximum capacity among other consumers not included in this list.
At the same time, when applying the maximum capacity (limits) to them, critical infrastructure facilities must ensure their compliance. In addition, they must disconnect sub-consumers that do not affect their operation, otherwise they may be included in the schedules of hourly outages.
In the event of an emergency in the power system and/or exceeding the maximum capacity, the transmission system operator may decide to additionally apply emergency outage schedules by the DSO.
As reported, at a meeting on May 24, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure for determining the maximum power consumption limits.
It defines the procedure for interaction between the Ministry of Energy, the State Agency for State Energy Supervision, the data transmission system operator (TSO), distribution system operators (DSO), as well as consumers in the process of determining and applying the maximum values of electricity consumption. The Procedure is mandatory for TSOs, DSOs and consumers regardless of their form of ownership.
