October 20-26
- On the night of October 22, Russia exercised another massive strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. A total of 405 strike UAVs and 28 missiles of various types were launched, air defense forces shot down 333 UAVs and 16 missiles.
- Power engineers restored power supply to the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) via the 750 kV Dniprovska line, thus terminating its tenth blackout which lasted for over a month.
- Due to the completion of scheduled maintenance of a nuclear power unit, the average hourly price of electricity on the day-ahead market (Base DAM index) fell to 5,766.7 UAH/MWh (-17.9%).
- Commercial electricity exports from Ukraine increased 3.1 times compared to the previous week and amounted to 15.6 GWh. Imports, in turn, increased by 11.7% to 96.9 GWh. Thus, imports exceeded electricity exports by 6.2 times.
- The Cabinet of Ministers decided to extend the PSO (public service obligations) mechanism in the electricity market until April 30, 2026. This means that electricity price for the households will remain unchanged: a fixed price of 4.32 UAH/kWh and
a preferential tariff for consumers with electric heating systems of 2.64 UAH/kWh (applied during the heating season if household consumption is less than 2,000 kWh per month). - The government also decided to allocate UAH 8.4 billion from the state budget reserve fund for the purchase of imported natural gas by Naftogaz.
- Norway allocated an additional energy aid package of approximately USD 150 million for Ukraine to purchase gas in winter.
- Germany announced an additional EUR 60 million contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.