There is almost no electricity supply via the backbone power grids with a voltage of 110 kV and higher to the uncontrolled territory in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said in parliament on April 10.
“Most likely, electricity is shipped via the grids with a voltage of 110 [kV] and lower, as this is the way the power grids work. Small volumes flow there and come back to Ukrainian [controlled] territory,” he said.
“We’re now in a more or less balanced non-flow system,” he said, referring to data of the Ukrainian power grids’ operator, national energy company Ukrenergo.
When answering a question about gas shipments to uncontrolled territories in Donbas, Demchyshyn said they were insignificant.
“As for gas I can say that the system is open, but as far as I know, volumes of shipments are insignificant,” he said.
While speaking in parliament earlier on April 10, he said that gas supplies to the war-torn zone in eastern Ukraine from September 2014 to March 2015 totaled 1,5 billion cubic meters worth about Hr 9 billion, which hasn’t been paid to Ukraine.
