Over the first nine months of this year, Tajikistan has earned 89.4 million U.S. dollars on export of electricity to neighboring countries, which is 36.1 million U.S. dollars more than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
In September, Tajikistan reportedly delivered about 17 million U.S dollars’ worth of electricity to neighboring countries.
Approximately the same amount of electricity Tajikistan supplied to neighboring countries in August.
The main buyers of Tajik electricity are Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, who receive it in almost the same amount.
Under agreements signed with power utility companies of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, Tajikistan is supposed to supply 1.5 billion kWh of electricity to each of these countries.
Uzbekistan pays for Tajik electricity at the rate of 2.0 cents per one kWh, while Afghanistan pays for electricity supplied through the 1100kV power transmission lines at the rate of 3.0 cents per 1 kWh and at the rate of 4.5 cents per 1 kWh for electricity supplied through the 220kV power transmission lines.
Over the first six months of this year, electricity has reportedly accounted for 65 percent of Tajikistan’s exports to Afghanistan.
Tajikistan has sufficient summer-time (defined as May 1 to September 30) hydropower surpluses to export to the neighboring countries, and in accordance with the reached agreements, Tajikistan reportedly supplies electricity to neighboring countries (Afghanistan and Uzbekistan) only during the April-October period.
Recall, Tajikistan last year exported more than US$56.4 million worth of electricity, which was 40 percent fewer than in 2019. This was due to an acute shortage of electricity in the country itself due to low water levels.
