End of Armenian electricity imports not catastrophic

The Messenger, Georgia
May 6 2005

Press Scan

According to Rezonansi, the curtailment of imports of electricity
from Armenia has not created problems for Tbilisi’s energy supply.
The paper writes that as was said in Telasi, electricity is being
distributed in all Tbilisi districts.

Rezonansi reports that the energy produced by hydroelectric stations
will compensate for halt in the import of energy. As for the
restoration of imports from Armenia, the paper reports that Telasi
does not say whether these imports will be continued or not.

Resonansi notes that Armenia stopped importing electricity to Telasi
on May1. According to the paper, the reason for this is the decrease
of the exchange rate of the dollar in comparison with the national
Armenian currency, the dram, which caused, according to the Armenian
company, energy export to be unprofitable. The paper adds that Georgia
receives 150 megawatts of energy from Armenia during peak-hours.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress