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According to the Estonian operator, the methodology will be used to calculate the performance of trade with Russia after the start of the Astrava nuclear power plant.
“This is a big step towards the complete cessation of electricity imports from third countries from the end of 2025, when we will join the synchronous grid of continental Europe. The methodology, together with the planned grid tariff, could halve the volume of trade (electricity – SNB) with Russia, including Kaliningrad, ”says Taavis Veskimagis, Chairman of the Board of Elering.
He noted that it is important for Estonia not only to complete electricity trade with Belarus when the Astravo nuclear power plant is turned on, but also to apply a tax on electricity entering the Baltic States.
“The goal is to gradually reduce unfair competition from Russia towards the end of 2025, so that Estonian power producers can make new decisions to invest in generation capacity, without distorting the EU electricity market from Russia,” he argued Veskimagis.
Elering points out that after the commissioning of the Astrava nuclear power plant, electricity from most of Russia will enter the Baltic States through the Latvia-Russia stretch, and the capacity will be about half of the current Lithuanian stretch. Belarusian for imports from third countries.
The transmission system operators, according to the Estonian company, will continue to analyze the details of the implementation of the network tariff. The tax would come into force from next spring for electricity imported from third countries to Latvia and Lithuania.
“The new power plant in Belarus can supply the first electricity to the grid this autumn. The agreement between the transmission system operators of the Baltic States eliminates the possibility of both Astrava and Belarusian electricity in general entering the market of Baltic electricity ”, says T. Veskimagis.
The Elering report does not mention the guarantee of origin system that Lithuania wants, which seeks to prevent Astrava’s electricity from entering the country through Latvia.
Last week, the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy told BNS that the three Baltic states were approaching final harmonization of technical steps so that Lithuania could secure Riga and Tallinn support for the joint power boycott of the nuclear power plant in Astravas.
At the end of August, Latvia announced that it would suspend electricity trade with Belarus if the Astrava power plant went into operation. In Lithuania, this Riga decision is seen as an example of progress in negotiations and solidarity on energy.
Lithuania and the most active critic of the Astrava nuclear power plant, which is being built a few tens of kilometers from Vilnius, emphasize the need to comply with the safety requirements in the project. For its part, Minsk rejects the criticism.
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