PM Abdulla Aripov instructed the Ministry of Energy to negotiate with foreign partners for the alternative supply of natural gas, electricity, coal and fuel oil.
This became known at the Jan. 23 government meeting chaired by the Prime Minister.
The Ministry of Energy this year should review the ways and sources for import of natural gas, electricity, coal and fuel oil, and negotiate with alternative foreign partners.
He also emphasized that by expanding the use of renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency, 1.6 billion cubic meters of gas could be saved.
Earlier it was reported that today about 42% of all networks, including 39% of power transmission networks, 51% of substations and 35% of transformer points, had been in operation for more than 40 years.
Therefore, in line with the presidential decree, the government adopted a resolution to supply as soon as possible 299 transformers, 124.7 km of various cables, 186 tons of transformer oil for the stable and uninterrupted operation of the electrical networks of Karakalpakstan, provinces and the city of Tashkent.
