Energy Ministry: Ukraine’s halt in electricity export to Belarus will not affect local consumers

Ukraine’s halt of electricity exports to Belarus will not affect Belarusian consumers, BelTA learnt from the press service of the Energy Ministry of Belarus.

“On 2 October Ukraine stopped exporting electricity to Belarus. This, however, will not affect the national economy and households of the country,” specialists said. Ukrainian supplies will be partially replaced by electricity import from Russia. The rest will be generated inside the country, the press service added.

Media reports cited Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuri Prodan as saying that Ukraine stopped electricity export to Belarus and restricted its export to Europe.

Despite the difficult political situation in Ukraine, the country supplied Belarus with electricity according to the schedule. In 2014 Belarus planned to import 3 billion kWh of electricity from Ukraine and about 1 billion kWh from Russia.