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The Latvian Ministry of Economy recalls that the transmission system operators of the three countries, together with the ministries of the European Commission, have developed a common “commitment methodology” for the operation of the Astrava nuclear power plant (CN).
“In this process, we have consistently followed the decisions and principles agreed by the Baltic States after a year and a half of negotiations. But we are still ready to continue constructive discussions, – commented Liga Rozentale, Deputy Director of the Department of Infrastructure and Energy Market of the Ministry.
According to her, when Latvia started trading with Russia, certificates of origin or guarantees were applied immediately.
“The competent authorities in Russia will provide a certificate confirming that the electricity produced there is imported from Russia. This mechanism is also supervised by our legislation approved by the government in early November,” Rozentale said.
She said that Latvia and Estonia are not negotiating a new bilateral methodology.
“We already have a methodology that works well agreed by the three Baltic countries. This allows us to maintain the status quo in trade with third countries until 2025. There are no further discussions on other methodologies,” explained L. Rozentalė.
Lithuania, which does not commercialize electricity from the Astrava nuclear power plant, has not yet approved the tripartite methodology: it is criticized by the market regulator, the conservatives who won the elections and its candidate for energy minister Dainius Kreivys.
They claim that physical electricity entering Lithuania from Belarus is traded in Latvia, so Lithuanian consumers also pay for it.
Outgoing Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius recently asked the Latvian head of diplomacy to continue discussions on electricity trade.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is of the opinion that until the three Baltic States have approved the new methodology, the trilateral methodology agreed in 2018 is valid. According to him, after the start of operations of the Astrava nuclear power plant and the termination of Lithuania’s trade with Belarus, Latvia and Estonia should also not trade with Russia, except for the Krasnodar region, with which Lithuania continues to trade.
The State Energy Regulatory Council (VERT) announced in November that it would not approve the new methodology because it was not preventing Astrava’s electricity from entering the Lithuanian market and was increasing the flow of electricity from Russia to the Baltic countries.
By implementing the so-called “anti-astravia” law, Lithuania immediately stopped trading electricity with this country after Belarus connected the Astrava nuclear power plant to the system on November 3, although the lines connecting the two countries continue to transmit physical flows of electricity. . Latvia began trading with Russia on November 5.
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