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In the closed part of the meeting held on August 25, the Latvian government heard an information note from the Ministry of Economy on electricity trade with Belarus.
The government protocol shows that the ministers decided that in the event of the Astrava nuclear power plant coming into operation, Latvia would suspend electricity trade with Belarus, taking into account the events in Belarus and the threat to international nuclear safety.
To ensure the implementation of this decision, the Latvian Ministry of Economy, together with the transmission system operator, has been tasked with preparing a decision on electricity trade with third countries.
According to R. Irklis, the fundamental principle of the methodology stipulates that, for example, Russia, which has a connection with Belarus, must provide evidence that the electricity supplied to Latvia from Russia was not produced in Belarus.
R. Irklis announced that Latvia and Estonia have already approved this methodology and that it has not yet been agreed with Lithuania.
Lithuanian operator Litgrid announced on Monday that it had received a notification from the Belarusian operator of the Belenergo electricity transmission system about its intentions to start generating electricity at the Astravo nuclear power plant from November 1 to 10.
The Lithuanian company stated that it had set the zero level of electricity import capacity from Belarus, taking into account the current legislation in Lithuania, that Astravo’s electricity could not enter the domestic market.
Litgrid informed market participants about the information received through the Nord Pool energy exchange.
The Lithuanian operator previously informed the stock exchange that due to the above-mentioned circumstances, electricity imports from Belarus will be suspended.
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