Over the first quarter (January-March) of this year, Tajikistan has earned more than 8.6 million US dollars from the electricity exports, which is 17.5 percent more than in the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan. In January-March last year, Tajikistan exported US$73 million worth of electric power.
Tajikistan now supplies electricity to Uzbekistan and northern provinces of Afghanistan within the framework of contracts concluded with power utility companies of these countries.
Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s national power utility company) management assures that in accordance with the concluded agreements, Tajikistan supplies electric power to these countries only during the spring-summer period (from May through August), when it has surplus electricity and only in insignificant volumes to Afghanistan during the autumn-winter period “in order to ensure the safety of power transmission lines and other equipment.”
Meanwhile, the press center of the Surkhandarya regional power grids said on January 19 this year that in conditions of abnormally cold weather, Tajikistan has begun supplying electricity to provide regular energy supply of residential customers and social facilities in Uzbekistan’s Surkhandarya region.
According to the press center, electricity supplied from Tajikistan through Regar-500 substation 220kV power transmission lines Regar-Zarchop and Regar-Sherabad since January 19 has provided 70 percent of electricity supply in Shurchin, Altyncai, Kumkurgan and Jarkurgan districts and 90 percent of electricity supply in Bandikhan, Kyzyryk, Sherabad, Baisoun, Sariasiay, Uzun and Denau districts.
It was noted that since April 2018, Uzbekistan has purchased Tajik electricity depending on the demand for it.
As fa as the supply of electricity to Afghanistan is concerned, a contract signed by Barqi Tojik and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) for 2022, in particular, provided for supplying up to 400 MW of electricity to Afghanistan in May-August and 40 MW of electric power in September-April.
Tajikistan has sufficient summer-time (defined as May 1 to September 30) hydropower surpluses to export to the neighboring countries.
According to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, Tajikistan has generated more than 5.4 billion kWh of electricity over the first three months of this year, which is 1.6 percent more than in the same period last year.
