MONITORING (SW) – Asia Plus news agency reported that Mohammad Omar Asuzada, head of the National Electricity Company of Tajikistan, said in a press conference on Tuesday that Afghanistan has not yet paid its debt for imported the electricity.
He said that the Afghanistan’s electricity supply company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat will gradually pay its debt. The head of the National Electricity Company of Tajikistan has not announced the amount of Afghanistan’s debt. He emphasized that Tajikistan currently exports 9 million kilowatts of electricity per hour to Afghanistan.
The head of the National Electricity Company of Tajikistan announced in January of this year that Afghanistan owes 33 million dollars for the electricity.
According to reports, last year, Tajikistan exported electricity to Afghanistan at a total cost of 56.3 million dollars.
Tajikistan is expected to be connected to Central Asian Power System (CAPS) from 2023, which will bring greater stability to the country’s electricity system, Trend reports via International Energy Agency (IEA).
“Energy security remains a national priority, and one of Tajikistan’s prime aims to achieve this is by increasing electricity generation capacity, and increase electricity exports,” the agency said.
According to the agency, by building the new Rogun-Kabul 500 kV line, Tajikistan will increase exports of electricity to Afghanistan, which are projected to reach a minimum of 3 TWh through the CASA-1000 project.
“These infrastructure projects will allow Tajikistan to not only to increase volume of exports but also imports from Central Asia countries at the same time, increasing its energy security,” the IEA said.
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