Moldova made test deliveries of electricity, which it had previously purchased from Europe, to Ukraine. The agency TASS writes this, citing the message of the Moldovan state company Energocom.
“Energocom sold 1 MWh of electricity to Ukraine in test mode. According to the Moldovan energy company, previously volumes of this electricity were purchased in the European Union and routed to Ukrainian suppliers through the territory of the republic. Moldova got the opportunity to make such transactions after joining the European auction site JAO,” he continues.
Now Moldova’s main electricity supplier is Moldavskaya GRES, owned by Inter RAO, which supplies the republic with around 244,000 MWh at $73 per MWh. This accounts for about 88% of all electricity imports to the country. Moldova is buying the remaining volumes in Romania.
Moldova’s former government expression The intention of the Russian company Gazprom to change the terms of gas supply to the country. The head of the Moldovan Ministry of Energy, Viktor Parlikov, explained that the cost of fuel supplied by the Russian Federation to Moldova is actually equal to the price at which the country buys fuel in Europe.