Uzbekistan: electricity imports from Turkmenistan temporarily reduced

Turkmenistan’s electricity exports to Uzbekistan decreased 13-fold on February 21, Uzbekistan National Power Networks LLC reported. On February 21, an accident occurred in the power system of Turkmenistan between the substations “Mary” and “Serdar”. As a result, electricity supplies from Turkmenistan fell from 780 megawatts to 60 megawatts. Due to the malfunction of the power…

Ukraine: government raises fines for abuse on electricity market

The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to strengthen the responsibility of distribution system operators for abuse on the electricity market, Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk has said. “We are strengthening the responsibility of natural monopolies for abuse on the electricity market. In Ukraine, distribution system operators (that is, the same “natural monopolies”) often abuse their…