The Government has provided an opportunity for enterprises to cover their electricity needs using imports. This, in particular, will allow businesses to avoid potential restrictions on consumption.

This was emphasised by the Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko on the air of the Yedyni Novyny (United News) National Telethon.

The Energy Minister noted that in the context of regular russian attacks on the energy sector, the Ministry was working to increase the capacity to import electricity from European countries beyond the current 1.7 GW.

"But there are hours when we do not use these imports in full. That is why we are now working with enterprises and businesses for them to contract electricity imports to the maximum, thereby guaranteeing electricity supply and strengthening the resilience of the power system," he explained.

The Minister stressed that the relevant experience had been applied in 2022-2023. "We urge businesses to use import opportunities so that we increase the volume of electricity in the country," the Minister explained.

As a reminder, Resolution No. 1127 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 27 October 2023, initiated by the Ministry of Energy, guarantees industrial consumers a stable supply of electricity, provided that they import part of it.

The volume of imports required to avoid outages should be 50% of the actual consumption in each billing period in October-April and 30% in May-September.

Companies that import electricity will not be subject to any energy supply restrictions if they are introduced. Only special emergency shutdown schedules introduced by the system operator in the event of an emergency to prevent an accident in the integrated power system may be applied.