Rizvanolli says energy crisis can affect Kosovo, warns price hikes

Economy Minister Artane Rizvanolli has said the energy crisis in Europe is expected to affect Kosovo as well.

Rizvanolli has added that citizens must prepare for an eventual price increase.

<x0 euro) electricity prices for an hour-long megavat of 60 euros have reached over 100 euros in Europe, and prices for today have reached over 200 euros, so we're talking about fourfold price expensive in Europe, which comes from increased demand and in part due to Russia's lower natural gas supply.

The hypothetosis is to pressure the emissions of the Nord Stream gas pipeline II, but whatever it is, it's a deep energy crisis that's expected to deepen further over the months that followed -- ”, Rizvanolli said.

She stresses that Kosovo is not isolated from the impact of prices and that, according to her, this mass crisis is expected to affect our country as well.

The “in a measure is expected to have an impact on Kosovo, because our country is not completely isolated, but we here have the fate that is largely based on our generater capacity these coals we have, which are pollutant and very bad for many reasons, but these allow us the security of the electricity supply and at an affordable price for consumers<1>, she points out.

According to Minister Rizvanolli, as the winter season approaches, Kosovo citizens must prepare for eventual price increases.

The “Tregu in Kosovo is regulated and the consumer electricity price is regulated. However, citizens should be prepared for eventual winter season problems when demand and prices increase”, it has said of Telegrafi.