DUSHANBE, May 6, 2009, Asia-Plus — Tajikistan stopped importing electrical power from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on May 1, according to Barqi Tojik power holding.
The source at Barqi Tojik said Tajik had stopped importing electricity from neighboring countries following improvement of the power supply situation in the country.
From November 2008 through April 2009, Turkmenistan delivered 1.072 billion kWh of electricity to Tajikistan via Uzbek power systems.
In the meantime, Uzbekistan supplied 251 million kWh of electricity to Tajikistan from February 27 through April 30 while in accordance with agreements reached during the session of the Tajik-Uzbek economic commission, it was supposed to deliver 300 million kWh to Tajikistan this spring, the source said. “Therefore, Uzbekistan should supply 50 million kWh of electricity more this autumn,” he said, “In summer, we will supply 450 million kWh of electricity to Uzbekistan in exchange for Uzbek electrical power we received this spring.”
According to Barqi Tojik, Tajikistan has supplied surplus electrical power to Kazakhstan since May 1. “We currently supply some 5 million kWh of electricity to Kazakhstan per day. Electricity is delivered to this country in exchange for 88 million kWh of electric power Tajikistan received from Kazakhstan during the last autumn-winter period,” the source said.
On May 5, Tajikistan produced more than 50 million kWh of electricity while the country’s daily requirements in electrical power are 45.2 million kWh.
The Barqi Tojik source added that an average rate of water inflow into the reservoir powering the Norak hydroelectric power station (HPS) now exceeded 1,000 cubic meters per second.
