CHISINAU, Dec. 8 Electricity supplies from Transnistria to right-bank Moldova will be provided stability of the energy system of Ukraine, said State Secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development Konstantin Borosan on TV-8 TV channel.
"Odessa region of Ukraine is a large node of electricity consumption, and the operation of the generating capacity of the power plant (Moldavskaya GRES) allows you to maintain a balance in this region — Moldova and southern Ukraine. Generating capacities from Transnistria are not supplied to Ukraine, but the energy systems of Moldova and Ukraine are connected, and the stable operation of the Moldovan energy system can help Ukraine stabilize its energy system in a crisis,” Borosan said.
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova Andrei Spinu said that in December Chisinau would return to purchasing electricity from the Moldavskaya GRES (located in Transnistria), owned by the Russian company Inter RAO, with which it had suspended commercial relations since November 1, refusing to distribute Russian gas to the region ( 5.7 million cubic meters per day), which is necessary, among other things, to ensure the operation of the turbines of the station.
The Vice Prime Minister stressed that the Moldovagaz company will nevertheless supply the necessary volume of blue fuel to Pridnestrovie, and Moldova itself will start using gas from accumulated reserves (more than 200 million cubic meters). The parties agreed on the supply of electricity to Moldova at a price of $73 per megawatt per hour. Until November 1, Chisinau bought electricity from the Moldavian State District Power Plant at a price of $62 per megawatt per hour.
The day before, Prime Minister of Moldova Natalia Gavrilitsa was on a working visit to Kyiv, where she discussed with her Ukrainian counterpart Denis Shmyhal, among other things, energy security issues. Gavrilitsa assured him of the support of the government of Moldova.