Kim explained why streetlights were operational in Mykolaiv despite the power outage.

Kim explained why street lighting was operational in Mykolaiv even when there was no electricity.

The head of the Mykolaiv Oblast Administration, Vitaliy Kim, shared insights on why street lighting worked in Mykolaiv despite power outages and whether that electricity could be redirected to residential buildings instead of the streets.

He spoke about this in an exclusive interview with the site.

According to him, turning off street lighting does not necessarily mean that residents will have more light.

- The electrical systems vary everywhere. Some homes are disconnected less frequently, while others more so, because in some cases, critical infrastructure is connected to the same network. Turning off street lighting is not a problem, but it certainly does not imply that there will be more light, for example, in the neighboring house. There might be more light for critical infrastructure. Adjustments can be made to additionally power, for instance, two houses. However, if one wishes, they can always find a reason for controversy: why exactly those two houses were powered? And it’s not a given that the house of the person who complained will get electricity. The complainant might agree with this concept: look, we are turning off street lighting, but your neighbor will receive electricity? I think they would rather request to turn off their neighbor’s power and keep the street lights on, - said the head of the region.

As previously reported by “Novosti-N,” the director of the Energy Research Center, Alexander Kharchenko, stated that if the air temperature drops below -5 degrees, the restoration of the energy system will take longer, and scheduled outages will be intensified – with three rounds being turned off simultaneously.

Read the interview with Vitaliy Kim HERE.