“There is no threat of reducing or limiting the import of electricity from Europe to Ukraine in connection with the statements of the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, to cut off its supply.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
There is no threat of reducing or limiting the import of electricity from Europe to Ukraine in connection with the statements of the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, to cut off its supply. He stated this during the “hour of questions to the government” in the Verkhovna Rada, writes “Interfax-Ukraine”. “The Slovak power grid is part of the unified European grid. Even if they were technically able to close their entrances to Ukraine for repairs for a short period of time, then according to the rules of the unified market, the volume of e/e is proportionally redistributed between the supplier countries. Poland and our other neighbors have declared that they are ready to cooperate in case of need. That’s why there is no threat of restricting the amount of electricity imports,” Shmyhal said. According to the Prime Minister, Ukraine is in direct contact with the European Commission, which is closely monitoring the situation, and import decisions should be made not by Slovak operators, but by the United Energy Network. Advertisement: He noted that immediately after Fico’s statements, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine immediately appealed to all three European authorities on which the stability of energy supplies depends: the European Commission, the network of system operators of continental Europe ENTSO-E and Energy Community. Shmyhal added that Ukraine now receives imports in the necessary volumes, in particular, from Slovakia. We will remind:Advertisement: Slovakia will consider appropriate measures against Ukraine, such as the termination of backup electricity supplies after January 1, 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 Košta, 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. Slovakia’s power grid operator SEPS has assured that despite the threat of Prime Minister Roberto Fico, the export of electricity to Ukraine will not be stopped.