Over the first two months of this year, Tajikistan’s electricity deliveries supplies to the neighboring have increased by 90.2 percent compared to the same period last year.
In January-February this year, Tajikistan has supplied US$7.076 million worth of electricity to the neighboring countries, which is US$3.356 million more than in the same period last year. In January-February 2020, Tajikistan reportedly supplied US$3.720 million worth of electricity to the neighboring countries.
Compared to January last year, Tajik electricity exports in January this year reportedly more than doubled.
In January-February this year, Tajikistan has reportedly generated more than 3.5 billion kWh o electricity, which is 12.3 percent fewer than in the same period last year.
Over the reporting period, hydroelectric power generation has reportedly fallen in the country by almost 15 percent, while electricity generation by thermal power plants, on the contrary, has increased by 0.4 percent
Recall, Tajik authorities noted in early February that currently, minimum electricity is going from Tajikistan only to Afghanistan in order keep the power transmission lines connected.
Meanwhile, many Tajik rural areas have had electricity only eighteen hours per da as the electricity rationing system came into force on January 5, beginning at 11:00 pm. The power rationing was introduced in connection with a decline in the water level in the reservoir powering the Nurek hydroelectric power plant (HPP). Electricity rationing has not affected Dushanbe, regional administrative centers and large cities.
Tajikistan has sufficient summer-time (defined as May 1 to September 30) hydropower surpluses to export to the neighboring countries. In accordance with the agreements concluded with the neighboring countries, Tajikistan reportedly supplies electricity to the neighboring countries only during the April-October period.
