DUSHANBE, April 28, 2015, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan has refused to supply surplus electricity to Kyrgyzstan during summer period at last year’s prices.
“Negotiations on electricity supplies for this year have been conducted in Dushanbe this month but the sides have failed to agree on electricity prices,” Nozir Yodgori, a spokesman for Barqi Tojik (Tajik electricity supplier), told Asia-Plus in an interview.
According to him, Tajikistan is ready to supply surplus electricity to the neighboring country during the summer period at the rate of 3.5 cents per 1 kWh while Kyrgyzstan wants to buy Tajik electricity at the rate of 2.0 cents per 1 kWh.
“Barqi Tojik considers the prices offered by the Kyrgyz side unacceptable because this price does not cover even Barqi Tojik’s expenses,” Yodgori said, adding that Kyrgyzstan is currently studying the price offered by Tajikistan.
In 2014, Tajikistan supplied 226.7 million kWh of electricity to Kyrgyzstan during the summer period at the rate of 2.0 center per 1 kWh.
Meanwhile the current price of one kilowatt-hour electricity for residential customers in Tajikistan is 12.6 dirams (current average market buying exchange rate of the dollars against the somoni is 1:6.50).
