Russian Inter RAO eyes to begin exporting electricity to Uzbekistan

The Russian energy company Inter RAO is exploring the possibility of exporting electricity to Uzbekistan, the industry publication Peretok.ru reported with reference to the Interfax agency.

On the sidelines of the Russia forum at VDNKh, company representative Alexandra Panina said that Uzbekistan had expressed interest in Inter RAO’s proposal to supply electricity to the republic.

“The difficulty is that it needs to be delivered in transit through Kazakhstan, through the locked North-South section, through which supplies are already going to Kyrgyzstan, it is difficult to allocate volumes to Uzbekistan,” she said.

According to Panina, Inter RAO is now actively working to increase the directions and volumes of energy exports. The Russian company intends to maintain the volume of energy supplies at the level of 10 billion kWh this year.

Previously, it was reported that restrictions on the supply of electricity during rush hour will remain until the weather improves.

For information, Inter RAO UES is an energy company formed in 1997 as a subsidiary of RAO UES of Russia. The initial specialization of Inter RAO was international trade in electricity.