Kurti: When there's too much electricity to export, what to do

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has reacted to PDK deputy Ferat Shala, who has said the public company KEK is exporting electricity cheaper, while the other company is exporting electricity COSTT is buying it twice as expensive to cover losses in northern Kosovo.

Prime Minister Kurti at the parliamentary session said that when there is excessive electricity, of course it is exported.

“Export of energy, which was said for January and February 2022, are three factors, one of which is misunderstanding. First factor, it's power transmission. Power transfer is not export. When Serbia sells energy to Albania or vice versa, and so when North Macedonia I sells energy to Montenegro -- that is, it passes through Kosovo -- it comes in and out, but what comes out is not export. There are other factors. The second factor is that Wyman has long-term energy export contracts. We found those contracts. At 38 euros, he sells an hour megawatt. Weiman made these contracts. Yes, Weiman exports because he has contractual duty, selling so cheap into an energy crisis. And the third factor is, energy surplus, especially in 3,4.5 hours, after midnight. I'm telling you, just yesterday morning like it was. At 3:00 p.m., we had 903 megawatts, and we also consumed 804. Also at four o'clock yesterday morning, we had 907 megawatts, consumption 822s. So less. At 05 a.m., we had 905 production already, and we consumed 809, even at 0600 p.m. we had 905 production of 844. What did I do to this energy? Give it to COST, what I love to COST. You understand, as long as the drop at 11 p.m. remains uncovered, in the rear hours and in the early hours of the morning we have excess, and the excess naturally exports. There's nothing you can do about it”, Kurt stressed.

PDK MP Ferat Shala stressed that there is nothing wrong with exporting electricity, but according to him, this is happening when Government and Z. THREEs have been expensive for citizens because of expensive import.

The “is not very large, but, however, tens of millions are not little for Kosovo's budget, the government allocated 10m euros for state reserves and we have experted energy during January and February. We've exported energy from two companies, from two companies, one less and more, and more KEK, which is state-owned companies, has exported energy. That would be fine if it wasn't your reasoning, the government and Z. The RREs that we're costing energy because of import. And this fact gets even more disturbing when at the same time Koo STT imports energy. So on one side KEK sells energy, approximately 150 euros megavat, on the other. COSTT buys twice as much thousands of megawatts to cover the losses that take place in the northern side of”, he stressed.