The funds will be used to repair and maintain electric networks in the summer.
The government adopted a resolution "On additional measures to ensure the sustainable operation of the energy system in the summer season."
According to the document, the Ministry of Economy and Finance will allocate a budget loan in the amount of 150 billion soums at a rate of 5 percent per annum for a period of 2 years to the JSC Regional Power Grids for the overhaul of electrical networks.
In January of this year, it was reported that the government set goals for 2023 to increase the capacity of electricity networks, repair and modernize the gas infrastructure.
“Having drawn the right conclusion from the mistakes made in the winter season of this year, today we must take a completely new approach to prepare for the next autumn-winter season,” Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov said during a video conference.
Then the following tasks were set for 2023:
- renewal of 817 km of roads, 11,000 km of low voltage networks and 2,840 transformer points, increasing the capacity of main substations by an additional 1,325 MVA;
- overhaul of 86 gas compressor units and 10 gas turbine engines;
- overhaul of 151 km of gas pipelines, modernization of 114 electrochemical protection devices, renewal of 2,500 gas distribution points.
