Uzbekistan begins importing electricity from Tajikistan

Uzbekistan began to import additional volumes of electricity from Tajikistan to provide electricity to the Surkhandarya region which suffers from conditions of unusual cold weather, , the press service of the Surkhandarya branch of the Regional Electric Networks enterprise reports.

According to statement, on January 18 of this year, 70% of the region’s Shurchi, Altinsay, Kumkurgan, Jarkurgan districts, 90% of Bandikhan, Kizirik, Sherabad districts, and all the consumers in Baysun, Sariasiya, Uzun, Denau districts received 220kV L-electricity from the Regar-500 substation of Tajikistan. Regar-Zarchop and L-Regar-Sherabad are supplied with electricity through power transmission networks.