By Trend
Some 400 million kilowatt hours of electricity worth $17 million
have been exported from Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan, Podrobno.uz
quoted Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy
and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan Aytmamat Kadyrbaev as saying.
First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Kubatbek Boronov said
in January-September 2018, the emergency cases in electricity
supply decreased by 11 percent compared to 2017.
"To date, the electricity worth $17 million has been exported to
Uzbekistan. Last year, 754 million kilowatt hours were planned to
be exported, but 765 million kilowatt hours were actually exported.
According to our calculations, it was planned to export 500 million
kilowatt hours, but at a figure of 467 million kilowatt hours, the
export was suspended," he said.
He also said that all reconstruction and repair work at
Bishkek's Central Heating and Power Plant has been performed by 58
percent; the work will be completed by November 1.
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