{"id":789797,"date":"2026-01-21T11:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:33:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:33:31","slug":"80-opytanyh-kompanij-vidchuvayut-vplyv-vidklyuchen-elektroenergiyi-prote-bilshist-adaptuvalysya-zavdyaky-avtonomnosti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/80-opytanyh-kompanij-vidchuvayut-vplyv-vidklyuchen-elektroenergiyi-prote-bilshist-adaptuvalysya-zavdyaky-avtonomnosti\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity outages disrupt 80% of surveyed companies, yet most adapt by pursuing energy autonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The results of the European Business Association\u2019s ad hoc survey \u201c<strong>Impact of electricity outages on business operations<\/strong>\u201d reveal that power supply disruptions complicate operations for the majority of its members (80%). Only a fifth (20%) stated that the outages had no impact on their work, underscoring the widespread effects of electricity issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the primary consequences of outages, companies most frequently cite increased production costs (61%), changes in working hours (58%), reductions in production volumes or service provision (50%), and downtime (48%). Financially, this impact is predominantly estimated as a 10\u201330% increase in goods\/services costs, with only a portion of businesses managing to keep this figure within the 2\u20135% range.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Most companies manage to fulfil their obligations; only 9% of the surveyed companies report that power outages have led to breaches of contract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Autonomy and alternative sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response to these challenges, businesses are actively investing in energy independence: 90% of surveyed companies report having their own alternative energy sources or\u00a0generation capabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly 23% of surveyed companies achieve full energy independence. The remaining 38% mostly cover their needs, while another 38% have only partial coverage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among the solutions businesses are implementing or planning to implement for energy supply, energy storage systems, and solar power generation, these take the lead, chosen by 35% and 26% of respondents, respectively. Companies are also investing in new networks and infrastructure (21%), while a smaller share is considering gas (5%), biogas (3%) or wind power generation (1%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Expectations from the state<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regarding necessary support, businesses most often highlight the need for financial incentives and predictability. Key requests include:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li>Cost compensation for backup power, removal of duties and VAT on equipment, and affordable lending (e.g., \u20185-7-9%\u2019 programme).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Businesses require transparent outage schedules and timely communication to plan production cycles reliably.<\/li>\n<li>Simplify permitting for generation capacity and suspend inspections that impede operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the same time, a significant proportion of respondents do not rely on government support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>For information:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>The survey was conducted from January 14 to 19, 2026, among member companies of the European Business Association.<\/em> <em>Representatives of 79 companies participated in the survey.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the European Business Association\u2019s ad hoc survey \u201cImpact of electricity outages on business operations\u201d reveal that power supply disruptions complicate operations for the majority of its members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33544,"featured_media":706000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15564,15563,15574],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lobbying-news-en","category-main-news-en","category-news-and-articles-from-association-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33544"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.eba.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}