This is definitely a belated decision that should have been made back in 2022. Razumkov Centre has repeatedly stressed this in its regular Energy Sector Monitoring reports. What is the point? It is planned to spare some electricity for the needs of households by excluding from the list of critical infrastructure certain enterprises that got there "by chance".
For information, in this list of over 5 thousand enterprises, about 3 thousand have nothing to do with critical infrastructure – trade markets, beauty salons, hotels, etc. In addition to the fact that they cannot be disconnected from power grids, they do not pay for electricity, as a result of which multi-billion debts exert pressure on the balancing market, which drags the entire energy sector into a financial abyss.
However, consumers should not expect an immediate cancellation of stabilization schedules. This will not happen, since the generation deficit and network restrictions are much greater, but some, insignificant reduction in the duration of outages will occur, which is also good, in the current conditions.
In addition, I believe that the government should prepare for a possible pessimistic scenario in the East, since the enemy is trying to divide the power system into two parts along the Dnieper with its air terror. In this case, there should be a plan of maximum restrictions on the largest industrial giants of Ukraine to preserve the lives and health of thousands of Ukrainians. The government should prioritize human life support over business profit in its plans for an emergency situation.
