Over the first six months of this year, Tajikistan has earned more than 43.2 million U.S. dollars from the electricity exports, which is 1.4 million US dollars less compared to the same period last year, according to the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan.
This is partly due to the fact that during the autumn-winter period, electricity is not enough even to provide domestic consumers.
Tajikistan now supplies electricity to Uzbekistan and northern provinces of Afghanistan within the framework of contracts concluded with power utility companies of these countries.
In 2021, Tajikistan reportedly supplied electricity to Afghanistan at the rate of 3.0 cents per 1 kWh for electric power supplied through 110kV power transmission lines and at the rate of 4.5 cents per 1 kWh for electric power supplied through 220kV power transmission lines.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) noted in mid-January this year that an additional protocol on the supply of Tajik electricity to Afghanistan in 2023 was signed in Istanbul. The report does not provide the terms of the agreement.
As fa as Uzbekistan is concerned, Tajikistan supplies electric power to this country at the rate of 2.00 cents per 1 kWh only during spring-supper period (May-August).
The low price for electricity supplied to Uzbekistan is due to the fact that Tajikistan, in turn, receives natural gas from Uzbekistan at a reduced price.
Last year, Tajikistan reportedly earned 106 million U.S. dollars from exporting electricity to neighboring countries, which was 10.6 percent more than in 2021.
In 2022, electric power reportedly accounted for 5.0 percent of Tajikistan’s exports, which is 0.5 percent more compared to 2021.
Tajikistan has sufficient summer-time (defined as May 1 to September 30) hydropower surpluses to export to the neighboring countries.
According to data from the Agency for Statistics, Tajikistan has generated about 10.7 billion kWh of electricity over the first six months of this year, which is 3.3 percent more than in the same period last year.
Last year, Tajikistan reportedly generated about 21.4 billion kWh of electricity, which was 3.8 percent more than in 2021.
