Moldovan government’s Crisis Cell says needed volume of electric energy fully supplied for 15 January
15 January 2025, Chișinău - The consumption of electric energy for the right bank of the Dniester river is fully covered for 15 January and no failure contracts will be activated, the government’s Crisis Cell has informed. The volume of electric energy for today is estimated at the level of 14 January, up by 20 per cent against the days off from late last week.
The consumption of electric energy is covered from domestic sources, such as the heating stations from Chisinau and Balti, Costesti-based hydro-electric power station, renewable energy sources, import based on bilateral contracts with providers/producers from Romania and Ukraine, as well as procurements from exchange.
On 14 January, the sources of energy used on the right bank were as follows:
- Import of electric energy from Romania – 57.04 per cent
- Termoelectrica stock company – 31.02 per cent
- Renewable energy – 6.22 per cent
- SA „CET-Nord” – 4.63 per cent
- State enterprise Costesti hydro-electric power station – 1.09 per cent
The consumption peak was recorded between 18:00 and 20:00, with a maximal consumption of 933 MW. The consumers are urged to save electricity7 in the peak hours, during 7:00-11:00 and 18:00-23:00, both in order to have lower invoices and to ensure the reliability of the electric energy system.
As for the thermal energy, on the right bank of Dniester, all generation sources are working and there are no risks. Also in the natural gas sector, the pressures in all segments of the transport system managed by the Vestmoldtransgaz Ltd Company are within the limits of the functional parameters.
On the left bank of Dniester, scheduled five-hour-long disconnections from power supply have occurred in the region one time per day starting from 10 January 2025. Over 83.13 per cent of the electricity for the left bank is produced by MGRES (Kuchurgan power station). The Dubasari hydro-electric power station provides 10.49 per cent and 3.38 per cent of the volume of electric energy available comes from the technological flow.
