DUSHANBE, November 4, 2013, Asia-Plus — A Tajik delegation, led by Minister of Energy and Industry Gul Sherali, attended the session of the CIS Electric Power Council that took place in Moscow on November 1, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industry (MoEI) press center.
The meeting reportedly discussed issues related to further development of integration processes in the electric power area and preparation of power systems of the CIS member nations for autumn-winter 2013-2014.
The meeting participants also discussed agreements on cooperation in training of personnel for the CIS nations’ energy sectors, the MoEI press center said.
Tajik Minister of Energy and Industry, Gul, Sherali, was reelected vice-president of the CIS Electric Power Council.
The CIS power system is based on the potential created in the former Soviet Union, where the world’s largest interconnected power system – the Unified Power System (UPS) of the former USSR was created by the end of the 1980s.
In the early 1990s the power sectors of the CIS nations were faced with serious financial, technical and operational problems. The situation was aggravated by the fact that only four CIS nations (Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan) have fuel and energy resources sufficient to cover their internal demands and form export potential.
The need for radically changing situation arose and overcoming these difficulties led by consent of CIS nations to the necessity of carrying out joint works to create the unified electric power space.
The fundamentals of CIS nations’ cooperation in the power sector were stated in the Agreement “On Coordination of Interstate Relations in the Field of Electricity Industry of the CIS” signed by the heads of governments on February 14, 1992.
In accordance with this agreement, the Electric Power Council and its working body-Executive Committee were created.
The renewal of the parallel operation of CIS electric power systems has been determined as a priority direction of cooperation of CIS states in the electric power sector. With this objective, a series of fundamental interstate documents including bilateral and multilateral agreements were adopted.
The restoration of parallel operations of CIS power systems permitted to begin the development of interstate electricity market of CIS countries. The CIS Electric Power Council has developed the basic principles of functioning interstate electricity market of the CIS member nations.
