Georgia starts supplying Russia with electricity
TBILISI. May 28. (Interfax) - Georgia has begun sending electricity to Russia as part of an exchange agreement between the two countries' power systems, Georgia's Electricity System Commercial Operator (ESCO) told Interfax.
"Electricity is flowing to Russia through the Kavkasioni transmission line at a volume of 6-7 million kWh a day," the company said.
Since the beginning of this year, only power imports from Russia have been carried out, which totaled 301.4 million kWh in January-April, or 75.6% of all of the electricity imported to Georgia during that period. The remaining 97.1 million kWh (24.4%) came from Azerbaijan.
"Power exports to Russia will presumably continue throughout the summer," ESCO said.
At the moment, Georgia sends electricity to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey.
In January-April 2012, Georgia exported energy only to Azerbaijan and Armenia, totaling 12.1 million kWh, which is several times less than in the same period of 2011.
Last year, Georgia exported 930.6 million kWh of electricity, or 38.9% less than in 2010. Imports, meanwhile, grew 2.1-fold to 470.9 million kWh.