The Government of North Macedonia has proposed to the national assembly to prolong the state of energy crisis for six months, until June 9, 2022, write balkangreenenergynews.com
The Government of North Macedonia said it has drafted the decision on approving the extension of the state of energy crisis in electricity supply throughout the country’s territory due to the shortage of electricity on the domestic market and the conditions on the power exchanges.
The government has proposed the extension of the state of energy crisis for the next 6 months until June 9, 2022.
The decision aims to ensure stability in the implementation of the measures and activities for overcoming the issues in the electricity supply, the government said.
On November 9 the government declared a 30-day state of an energy crisis due to electricity shortages on the domestic market, caused by occasional outages at major production facilities, the lack of coal for the production of electricity, and the inability to prevent possible outages with reserves in the electricity production sector.
The most important measure was to transfer budget funds to state-owned power producer Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) and transmission system operator MEPSO to facilitate purchases of electricity abroad.
