The state electric power corporation Turkmenenergo increased the daily electricity export to Uzbekistan by about 17%, the press service of the Regional Electric Networks reported.
The growth of imports is aimed at increasing the volume of electricity supply to consumers in Uzbekistan.
If before that the daily supply was 17-18 million kWh, now it is by 3 million kWh more at around 20-21 million kWh.
Minister of Energy Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov reported on December 7 that today in Uzbekistan, especially in the coldest period, when peak loads are recorded, there is a shortage of electricity in the amount of daily consumption of 18-20 million kWh.
According to him, the country imports about 20 million kWh of electricity from abroad (the figure before the increase in supplies from Turkmenistan), but to cover part of the foreign exchange costs, about 5-6 million kWh of electricity is exported to Afghanistan.
Prior to this, he said that the shortage of energy resources in the country is not associated with external factors, but with an increase in domestic consumption. We are negotiating to import gas and electricity from neighboring countries, and not through some kind of alliance or union. We are negotiating based on national interests in order to cooperate on the basis of a commercial contract, sale and purchase, and not through the transfer of our energy networks, he stressed.
