According to data from the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, over the first eleven months of this year, Tajikistan exported US$1077 million worth of electricity to the neighboring countries of Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, which is almost 5.0 percent more compared to the same period last year.
Last month, Tajikistan reportedly exported almost US$2 million worth of electricity, which is 46 percent more than in November last year.
The Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) Barqi Tojik had earlier stated that Tajikistan supplies electric power to Uzbekistan only during the summer period, while electricity deliveries to Afghanistan also continue during the autumn-winter period “but in small quantities solely to preserve the infrastructure.”
Meanwhile, residential customers in Tajikistan’s rural areas have had electricity only five or six hours per day since late September this year.
The Agency for Statistics says Tajikistan has generated about 19.9 billion kWh of electricity over the first eleven months of this year, which is 3.4 percent more than in the same period last year.
Tajikistan has sufficient summer-time (defined as May 1 to September 30) hydropower surpluses to export to the neighboring countries.
As it had been reported earlier, electricity rates will rise 16 percent for all categories of consumers in Tajikistan beginning on January 1, 2024.
Thus, the electricity rate for residential customers will be raised from 26.51 diram (equivalent to 2.4 cents) per 1 kWh to 30.75 diram (equivalent to 2.8 cents) per 1 KWh.
