“If Slovakia stops supplying electricity to Ukraine, Poland can increase its imports thanks to the redistribution of bandwidth among other EU countries neighboring Ukraine.β, β write: epravda.com.ua
If Slovakia stops supplying electricity to Ukraine, Poland can increase its imports thanks to the redistribution of bandwidth among other EU countries neighboring Ukraine. The company “Polish Energy Networks” (PSE), which is the operator of the electricity transmission system in Poland, reported on the technical aspect of a possible increase in the import of electricity from Poland to Ukraine, reports Ukrinform. As PSE informed the agency, now the maximum capacity for electricity export from the EU countries to Ukraine and Moldova is a total of 2100 MW. On the part of the EU, this capacity is distributed among the four EU countries neighboring Ukraine – Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. “Poland accounts for 15% (315 MW). Depending on the operating conditions of the connected systems, this value may change,” the Polish side emphasized. Advertisement: The company noted that electricity trade between Poland and Ukraine is currently carried out through connection 400 kV “Ryashiv – Khmelnytska NPP”. Transmission capacity on the Ryashiv-Khmelnytska NPP connection is available within the so-called daily coordinated auctions (one auction for both sides of the connection). The Company of European Operators (Joint Allocation Office) is responsible for this, the task of which is to conduct auctions for the transfer of capacities between EU countries. “If Slovakia stopped providing capacity on the connection with Ukraine, then the capacity from this border (from the side of Slovakia – ed.), according to the established rules, could be distributed among other countries (EU – ed.) on a synchronous profile, including Poland”, – the message of PSE reads.Advertisement: We will remind: Slovakia will consider appropriate measures against Ukraine, such as the termination of reserve supplies of electricity after 1 January, if Kyiv is expected to stop the transit of Russian gas to Slovakia. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico wrote a letter to the head of the European Council, Antonio KoΕ‘ta, and the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which he again complains about Ukraine’s refusal to continue the transit of Russian gas after 2024.