Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan’s electricity deliveries supplies to the neighboring have increased by 43 percent compared to the same period last year.
In January-March this year, Tajikistan has supplied US$9.719 million worth of electricity to the neighboring countries, which is US$2.869 million more than in the same period last year, accoding to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
In January-March 2020, Tajikistan reportedly supplied US$6.850 million worth of electricity to the neighboring countries.
Recall, Tajik authorities noted in February that currently, minimum electricity is going from Tajikistan only to Afghanistan in order keep the power transmission lines connected.
The country’s electricity exports are increasing while Tajikistan itself is experiencing electricity shortages during autumn-winter period.
Many Tajik rural areas now have electricity only eighteen hours per day 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.
