Tajikistan has started using electricity from Uzbekistan. This was reported by Zamin.uz.
In mid-December, the daily supply volume reached 2 million kilowatt-hours. This was reported by the Asia-Plus news agency.
According to the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, the electricity imported from Uzbekistan is helping to improve the country's energy supply. Dushanbe plans to increase electricity imports from Uzbekistan in the future.
Additionally, Tajikistan has reached preliminary agreements on electricity supply with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. At the same time, Tajikistan is forced to rely on transit opportunities through Uzbekistan's territory to access the international energy market.
To ensure this transit, a coordinated agreement with Tashkent will be necessary. Tajikistan is also working on joining the Unified Energy System of Central Asia.
The country plans to connect to this system in the first quarter of 2024. Notably, strict measures are being implemented in Tajikistan to save electricity.
For example, if a consumer uses more than 4 kilowatts of electricity at the same time, the electricity supply is automatically cut off for 30 minutes. Also, state enterprises are disconnected from the power grid after working hours.
Electric car charging stations do not operate from 18:00 to 22:00. On December 16, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon announced that electricity restrictions in the country will be lifted by 2027.
He emphasized that the government is taking necessary measures to resolve the issue. In particular, the construction of solar power plants continues in the republic, and the third turbine of the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Station is planned to be launched in the fall of 2027.
