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“The letter welcomes the general political agreement reached by the Baltic states on the non-access of electricity produced in Belarus to the Baltic markets. This is an important condition to ensure that the insecure nuclear ambitions of the Minsk regime are not financed at the expense of of the citizens of the Baltic States.
However, the letter regrets that Latvia started commercial electricity trade with Russia on November 5, 2020, after possibly applying the draft tripartite electricity trading methodology not yet approved by the three Baltic states, ”Eltai said. in a comment to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry emphasized that Lithuania is of the opinion that until the three Baltic states have approved the new methodology, the trilateral electricity trading methodology agreed in 2018 is valid.
“In the letter, Minister L. Linkevičius invited to continue the intensely constructive discussions between the responsible institutions of the three Baltic states to approve effective joint measures on the conditions of electricity trade with third countries, including a new tripartite methodology,” he said. the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
The Seimas Committee also asked Latvia to apply
Two weeks ago, the European Affairs Committee requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in writing, noting that Latvia had violated the tripartite agreement agreed by the three Baltic electricity distribution operators on 13 December 2018 and Latvia’s highest political commitment not to trade. Markets.
It was also suggested to ask the Latvian side to continue the political dialogue, which would establish the solidarity of the Baltic States in not buying the Astravas nuclear power plant. It was also proposed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs temporarily conduct further negotiations on the Baltic States’ trade with third countries, pending the formation of a new Government.
VERT is invited to submit proposals on how to stop the large flows of electricity to Lithuania from Belarus so that the electricity produced by the Astravo nuclear power plant does not enter the Lithuanian electricity market.
The operator of the Litgrid electricity transmission system is requested to submit proposals on how to stop the large flows of electricity to Lithuania from Belarus so that the electricity produced by the Astravas nuclear power plant does not enter the Lithuanian electricity system.
Latvian Prime Minister Krišjanis Karinis has stated that Latvia will no longer buy or sell electricity to Belarus if the Astrava nuclear power plant is launched.
At the same time, the presidency calls for the implementation of synchronization to be accelerated, as, according to her, this alone would permanently prevent the entry of Belarusian electricity into the Baltic market. The presidency also takes note of the introduction of a system of guarantees of origin and the introduction of a tax on third-country electricity.
Litgrid System Management Center on November 3 at 11:06. after recording data showing electricity production at the Litgrid Nuclear Power Plant since 11.38 am. establish 0 megawatts of bandwidth for the commercial electricity flow of Belarus.
ELTA, on the basis of tut.by., has already announced that the Astravo nuclear power plant had temporarily stopped producing electricity on November 8 due to the explosion of several voltage transformers in one of the units connected to the generator.
Litgrid System Management Center on November 19 at 2.11 am re-recorded data showing electricity generation and grid access.
Belarus is building a 2,400 MW nuclear power plant near the city of Astrava, which is 50 kilometers from Vilnius. The plant will be made up of two 1,200 MW power units.
Lithuania criticizes the project which, in the opinion of the country’s representatives, is being implemented in violation of nuclear safety requirements.
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