Energocom stock company of Moldova, MGRES power station extend contract on purchasing electric energy

Chisinau, 27 February /MOLDPRES/ - The Energocom stock company has informed that today it extended the contract on purchasing electric energy with the Kuchurgan power station (MGRES). The price stays the same as in the previous three months – 73 dollars/MWh.    

Thus, according to forecasts, about 244,000 MWh is to be purchased from MGRES, which accounts for 88 per cent of the need in electricity,   excepting the thermo-electric power stations on the right bank of Dniester and the stations of renewable energy.   

At the same time, the Energocom stock company will continue buying electric energy from the Romanian company Nuclearelectrica stock company - 30 MWh during the day and 10 MWh at night. About 18,000 MWh (or 6.5 per cent of the necessary quantity) is scheduled to be bought from Nuclearelectrica stock company in next March in all. The price of the energy, under this contract, is of 450 Romanian lei/MWh (about 91 euros/MWh).       

At the same time, during the peak hours, another 5 per cent of the needed quantity of electric energy is estimated to be purchased from the OPCOM exchange of Romania. In last January, the weighted average price of one MWh bought from OPCOM was of 188.04 euros.