Prolonged power outages in the Kyiv region on January 25

are related to low consumption limits set by the national energy company "Ukrenergo"

.

Currently, the limit is

50% of the region's needs

.

At the same time,

only 27% goes to the population and small businesses

, as the rest goes to critical infrastructure and industry, DTEK explained.

"Ukrenergo NEC is responsible for the formation of limits for each region. The Ministry of Energy controls the expediency of these calculations for each region. The task of DTEK Kyiv Regional Power Grids is to comply with these limits in order to maintain the operation of the power system in conditions of constant deficit," DTEK noted.

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