Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said he will Thursday have discussions with his Moldovan counterpart Iurie Leanca so as to find solutions for Romania to export electric power to Moldova, Mediafax reports on its website, quoted by IPN.
Asked by journalists if Romania will help Moldova following the halt in the export of power by Ukraine, the Premier said that the issue will be discussed with the Moldovan Prime Minister. “We have discussions with the Government of Moldova and will do what the infrastructure allows us to do. Romania has electric power. The problem is that we do not have sufficient transport capacities,” stated Ponta.
The Ministry of Economy of Moldova issued a communique, saying that starting with last December the end-users in Moldova are supplied with about 75% of the necessary power by the Cuchurgan Power Plant, while the other 25% are provided by the local thermoelectric plants CETs. Only less than 1% of electricity is imported from Ukraine now. The supply cannot be interrupted fully for technical reasons.
The authorities assured that Ukraine’s decision to stop the export of electric power, following the difficult situation generated by the hostilities in the eastern part of the country, does not affect Moldova’s energy security.
