INDEP Executive Director Burim Ejupi has criticised the management of the energy system in Kosovo over the past four years, saying the country must plan earlier on importing electricity in order to buy it at cheaper prices and secure more sustainable supplies.

Speaking on the show “Debat Plus,” Ejupi said import growth started much earlier, but institutions are discussing the problem only after it happened.

He stressed that mismanagement, according to him, involved the entire energy system, from production and transmission to sector regulation.

The weather just started to cool off. What matters is we’re talking after this happened. What has happened in Kosovo is that four years has mismanaged the entire system, from production, transmission, regulators, Ejupi has said.

He has said institutions had to plan energy needs, considering that consumption in Kosovo last year had reached about 1,000 and 600 megawatts per hour.

We knew that last year it was approximately 1,000 and 600 megawatts of consumption per hour. Last week of December. We had to plan that, if all our generators work, we could achieve more than 900 megawatts. We need to import 700, he declared.

According to Ejupi, Kosovo must change its approach and not wait until the time problems arise to buy energy at the market.

Why shouldn’t we be active? Give me a call so we can finally buy the electricity earlier, at cheaper prices, for sure. What we’re seeing is we need another ten years of import and you get it cheaper than EJupi said.

He has also criticised support for the daily energy market, where purchases take place a day ahead, stressing that this approach serves primarily to respond to unexpected situations, such as the halting of a production bloc.

We’re showing energy today-head, the day ahead. This is about what happens, because you have a block, it’s over, Ejupi.

Source Layer: Dukeagini