Crimea wants to abandon the Ukrainian electricity by 2017
The Crimean authorities are not willing to put up with the dependence of the supply of electric power from Ukraine, and I hope to 2017 to achieve complete energy independence, said the acting head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov on the first day of the weekend at the Symposium " the Status of the Crimean Tatar people at the present stage in the Crimea ".
according to him, today the Crimea 80% dependent on electricity imports from Ukraine.
" Kiev for a long time consciously conserved energy dependence of the Peninsula. That position cannot tolerate. To ensure the generated power will be reconstructed gas pipeline and Glebovsky gas storage will increase the amount of gas production, provides for the construction of main gas pipeline " Crimea-Kuban ". These measures will give the opportunity to completely supply the energy independence of the Peninsula. These works, We plan to finish by 2017, " said Feldman.
The state company " vital-press ", as stated before, introduced a partial mode power supply in Crimea. At the same time Aksenov assured that the opposition is not in danger, as the Authorities of the Republic will use additional power supply.