Government crisis cell: electricity needs covered for 25 January
25 January 2025, Chișinău - Electricity needs for the right bank of the Dniester River are fully covered for 25 January, according to the government crisis cell. Activation of emergency contracts is not required.
Energocom company has reserved commercial capacity at the border with Romania to supplement internal consumption needs with imports both under bilateral contracts and the market. The total electricity consumption on the right bank of the Dniester River for today is estimated to be about 6-7% lower than yesterday, January 24.
At the same time, the average purchase price of electricity for January 25, 2025, is 125.21 EUR/MWh, which is about 19.79 EUR/MWh less than the purchase price included in regulated tariffs for electricity supply and distribution.
The details on the energy sources are as follows:
- Electricity import (RO) – 65.20%;
- Termoelectrica – 26.97%;
- Renewable energy – 3.13%;
- CET-Nord – 3.64%;
- NHE Costești – 1.06%.
According to operational data, the peak electricity consumption was recorded between 17:00 and 20:00, with a maximum of 957 MW, exceeding the predicted consumption starting from 13:00 by about 2%, and at 22:00 by 48 MW. Consumers are encouraged to save electricity, especially during peak hours 07:00-11:00 and 18:00-23:00, to avoid overloading high voltage electrical networks and to reduce electricity bills.
In the thermal energy sector, on the right bank, all generation sources are operational and there are no risks. In the natural gas sector, pressures in all segments of the transport system managed by Vestmoldtransgaz are within functional parameters.
On the left bank of the Dniester River, there continues to be electricity shortage, and rolling blackouts are carried out for 5 hours once a day. Energy sources used in the Transnistrian region are: MGRES/Cuciurgan power plant - 90% of the produced electricity volume, the remaining electricity coming from Dubasari hydropower plant and technological flow.
