"Ukrenergo ": Ukraine has stopped importing electric energy from Russia
Ukraine has stopped Importing electric energy from Russia in connection with the termination of restoration at the Rivne nuclear power plant, said Last news in the press service of "Ukrenergo" on the last working day of the week.
first Chapter the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that Ukraine could completely stop Importing on Wednesday. According to him, Kyiv imported electricity due to the shortage of capacity that arose because of temporary outage of one unit at the Rovno NPP in connection with completion of the line Rivne - Kyiv. But on Wednesday afternoon Ukrenergo said that Ukraine continues to import electricity from Russia.
"All the planned works on objects and lines of the Rivne NPP are finished. Limits on capacity removed, as of today Ukraine provides itself their capacity, and Import stopped, " said the organization.
last year, the Russian Company "inter RAO" and "Ukrinterenergo" have signed the corresponding agreement, which entered into force on 30 December 2014. Import electricity from Russia was resumed in early November. At the same time the parties agreed on ensuring reliable and uninterrupted supply of Crimea, which is 70% dependent on Ukrainian electric energy.