The Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova announces an agreement to reduce the risk of power outages
Andrei SpĂ®nu stated that the state utility company Energocom will purchase enough electricity from the country’s largest power plant to cover Moldova’s needs for the month of December, when it will be combined with existing imports from Romania.
Moldova, one of the poorest countries in Europe, has suffered widespread power outages amid a reduced flow of natural gas from Russia and Kremlin airstrikes on energy infrastructure in neighboring Ukraine.
The power plant, located in a separatist territory loyal to Moscow, depends on Russian gas distributed by Chisinau. It stopped supplying electricity to the rest of Moldova after the Russian state energy giant cut flows by 40%.
Since then, Chisinau has relied on more expensive Romanian electricity, but has continued to experience blackouts due to Russian strikes on Ukraine.
Spinu stated that the power plant, which is located across the Dniester River, will receive 5.7 million cubic meters of gas per day in exchange for the sale of electricity at the price of $73 per megawatt hour.
“This contract is a reasonable compromise to provide electricity and gas to citizens on both banks of the Dniester,” Spinu wrote on his Telegram channel.
He added that officials are looking into extending the contract until 2023.
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