Key Achievements in 2024
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Reinforced Resilience
The upgrades have boosted the capital’s energy infrastructure resilience against potential enemy attacks and ensured a successful completion of the heating season, according to the company’s statement. -
Preventive Maintenance
Specialists carried out regulatory and emergency measures to avert accidents, including:- Repairing more than 46 km of power lines and 731 power facilities
- Clearing over 158 km of overhead line routes from shrubs to minimize weather-related wire damage
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Investment and Construction
- High-Voltage Substations: One reconstructed, 13 technically re-equipped
- Distribution Points (DPs): Eight revamped
- Transformer Points (TPs): Forty-four modernized
- Cable Networks: Fifteen kilometers upgraded
Impact on Consumers
These efforts significantly enhanced the reliability of electricity supply for 70,000 families in Kyiv. Additionally, nearly 39,000 smart meters were installed in residents’ homes, contributing to smarter energy management and more accurate billing.
“Despite wartime challenges, we keep existing electrical equipment operational and conduct timely technical maintenance. We’re also steadily implementing a technical re-equipment and modernization program, allocating almost UAH 1 billion in 2024,”
— Denys Bondar, General Director of DTEK Kyiv Electric Grids
Broader Context
- In 2024, distribution system operators (DSOs) under DTEK Grids repaired and reconstructed 14.1 thousand km of power lines and over 6 thousand energy facilities—80% more than in 2023.
- DTEK Networks manages electricity distribution in Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Odesa regions, serving 5.5 million households and 158,000 enterprises.
This continued investment highlights DTEK’s commitment to maintaining and enhancing energy infrastructure, despite the complexities of operating during a period of heightened challenges and uncertainty.
