Energy reductions remain challenging for 2022

Economic growth and the addition of new jobs were the boast of the Kurti Government for 2021. However, the energy crisis that hit Kosovo in December of the year we left behind, will be challenging for 2022. After the holiday days, the country is expected to returns to reductions. The energy crisis is expected to last at least until March.

In the ground and with the noise of generators, some parts of Kosovo have been waiting for the year 2022.

Despite the promises that there will be no interruptions during the holiday of the changing of the weather, the opposite happened in Malishevë and Ferizaj.

There were also power outages in some neighborhoods of Pristina, due to overloading and breakdowns in the network.

The several-hour reductions that preceded the end of the year we left behind are expected to return after the end of the holidays. This is expected to last at least until March.

The energy crisis that engulfed Europe due to the increase in the price of gas increased the demand for electricity, affecting the increase in prices.

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In Kosovo, this crisis began to be felt in October, but to a large extent in December when consumption increased and local production was insufficient to respond to the high need for electricity.

This was also influenced by the collapse of the "B2" block of the "Kosova B" thermal power plant, which will be out of order at least until January 20.

"For 20 years we have been sleeping on coal, we have been able to have electricity for others as well, but the planning was done out of place, unknowingly and so we have to endure as well", said Zymer Maxharri. citizen.

The government cabinet blamed the previous governments for the dire state of energy production capacities in the country.

"Today I understand the frustration of every citizen with a lack of electricity, believe me I am also frustrated, but let this be a reminder of the state in which those who governed for two decades left us the country, because as people they were terrible, that they did their work at night, away from the eyes of the citizens, they had no way to leave Kosovo other than in hell, but that era has ended", said the Prime Minister, Albin Kurti.

The lack of production increased the need for energy imports. On December 29, the Assembly declared an energy emergency, approving the Government's decision on emergency measures to limit energy supply, making the reductions legal.

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Prime Minister Albin Kurti has said that in this situation there is no good solution, either reductions or increasing the cost of energy.

The opposition has blamed the Government for delays in actions.

"Our populist government as it is, in the summer when others were dealing with energy problems, this government distributed banners across Europe that it has the greatest development, so high that it is even reaching Croatia", said the chairman of the LDK, Lumir Abdzhik.

The executive allocated 20 million euros to KEK for energy import, after the price increase in the stock market due to the energy crisis.

This can affect that there is no unaffordable increase in the price of electricity. But that does not guarantee that the price will not increase.

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KEDS has already requested an increase of 7 percent from ERO, which has agreed to examine this request, but it is not yet known how much the increase in energy tariffs will be.