According to local media, including NewsMaker.md and Noi .md, Agerpres reports.

At the beginning of the meeting, the head of the executive power of Moldova briefly allowed the lights to be turned on so that the press could take protocol photos, but later the ministers continued the meeting in the dark, Noi.md portal reports.

Nataliya Gavrilitse assured that her government headed by Vice Prime Minister Andrii Spinu is doing everything possible to solve the situation with the energy crisis.

“We developed different scenarios. (…) Yes, we go to alternative resources. We purchase electricity from Romania. But we need additional volumes, which are much more expensive in the market than we have had so far. We urge you to continue to save, to reduce consumption,” urged the head of the executive power of Moldova, quoted by the local publication NewsMaker.md.

For his part, Andriy Spinu, also the Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, said that the risk of massive power outages still exists.

“It can be seen that the measures taken since last week, and especially since Monday, are yielding results. There is a slow decrease in consumption, especially during peak hours, but as you can see, it is not enough. We still have the 7% deficit,” he said.

After Ukraine stopped exporting electricity due to Russian attacks, Tiraspol announced restrictions on exports to the right bank of the Dniester

On October 10, Ukraine announced the suspension of electricity exports, including to the Republic of Moldova, due to Russian missile and drone attacks that affected the country’s energy infrastructure.

On October 11, Deputy Prime Minister Andrii Spinu announced that from the same day, the Republic of Moldova will receive all its electricity from the Kuchurgan Power Plant (MGRES).

Recently, the unrecognized authorities of Tiraspol announced that the Kuchurganskaya TPP will limit the export of electricity for the right bank of the Dniester. Thus, instead of 70% of Chisinau, only 27% will get. From October 24, there will be a shortage of electricity in the Republic of Moldova, informed Andriy Spinu.

The administration of the president of Chisinau announced on Tuesday that it has instructed the government to develop cost-saving measures, which are mandatory for all state institutions.

Also on Tuesday in Tiraspol, they announced an emergency situation at one of the power units of the Kuchurganskaya TPP, which was out of order. As a result, the Republic of Moldova has increased the volume of purchases of emergency products from Romania, NewsMaker.md notes, indicating that prices for imported energy range from 190 euros to 348 euros per MWh, considering that the Kuchurgan TPP costs 66 euros. for one MWh, according to the cited source. In this way, the authorities of Moldova once again called on the population to save.

Kishinev announced on Wednesday that he wants to discuss the issue of resolving the energy crisis with representatives of Tiraspol. The Moldovan government’s reintegration policy office noted that representatives of mediators and observers in the format of the “5+2” negotiations on the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict (the Republic of Moldova, Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine, OSCE plus the United States and the EU) are also invited to the meeting as observers).

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