Without electricity for 10 days: “This has never happened in my life”

Aldona, a 72-year-old woman living alone in Deltuvėlė village in Ukmergė district, has spent 10 days without electricity after a storm. She has never experienced an outage this long in her life.

Aldona recently underwent leg surgery and can walk only with a cane. Her water supply depends on an electric pump, while the well lies downhill and is too difficult for her to reach. She had stocked up on food because she lives in the countryside and has limited mobility, but most of it spoiled in the freezer. She had to give it away, saying it might at least be suitable for the dogs.

She has no receipts for the lost food and does not expect compensation from ESO. She recalled seeking support from the municipality after her leg operation, but receiving nothing because she lacked receipts. For now, she mostly eats canned food, which did not spoil. Evenings that normally involve television, Ukmergės žinios or a book now pass quietly in the dark.

ESO told her the fault would be repaired by Sept. 8. The situation was brought to the attention of Ukmergė district mayor Darius Varnas, who has been gathering information on residents still without power and contacting ESO daily. “I visited her, spoke with the resident, took photographs and forwarded them to ESO. I hope things will start moving,” he said.

ESO reported that 4,985 customers nationwide remained without electricity on Thursday, including 412 in Ukmergė district. Ten crews were working to restore service in the municipality, where the largest number of outages affected the Vidiškiai, Pabaiskas, Šešuoliai, Siesikai, Taujėnai, Vepriai and Želva administrative areas.

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I visited her, spoke with the resident, took photographs and forwarded them to ESO. I hope things will start moving.