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The Russian-occupied Crimea receives 930 MW of electric power as of Sunday, with the 1,350 MW needed; the rolling local blackouts are performed at peak hours due to the experienced shortage, according to the head of the regional office for emergency situations, Sergei Shakhov, RIA Novosti reported.
"As of 18:00 on January 3, total power generation amounted to 931 MW. Of this amount, own generation was at 513 MW, and Kuban-Crimea [power transmitted via the “energy bridge” from Russia] was at 417 MW. In the period of peak consumption the rolling blackouts are held, according to the scheduled limits," said the official.
Read alsoCrimea blackout: Police say pylon blown upAs UNIAN reported earlier, in some areas of the annexed Crimea, especially in the cities of Yalta and Kerch, power boilers are being switched off as the limits of power supply are not met.
In the early hours of December 30, one of the pylons at the Kakhovska-Tytan power transmission line in Ukraine’s Kherson region, which supplied electricity to Crimea, was damage in a blast.
Read alsoCivil Blockade activists say not involved in blowing up pylon on power lineOn January 1, Ukrenergo stated that the pylon was completely dismantled, and a new one was set up instead, ready for operation.