Government crisis cell: acute shortage of electricity on left bank, with hourly disconnections

Chisinau, Jan 5 /MOLDPRES/ - On the left bank there is an acute shortage of electricity. The volume produced by MGRES/Cuciurgan power plant and Dubasari hydroelectric power plant is not sufficient, and disconnections are being carried out hourly. The information was presented today by the government crisis cell.

There is an acute shortage of energy on the left bank, and in order to avoid overloading the network, disconnections are carried out hourly.

For this purpose, the territory of the region would have been divided into 16 groups. Disconnection intervals are increasing, from one hour on January 3, three hours on January 4, up to four-hour outages planned for January 5. At the same time, several measures have been taken to reduce consumption, including disconnection of street and decorative lighting after 20:00.

The villages of Copanca and Varnița, which are under the control of the constitutional authorities, were also affected. The central authorities are in constant contact with the mayors of the localities affected by the disconnections to exchange information on the situation in the region. Police, medical and emergency services are ready to provide support to people who will need help.

Electricity for the left bank is currently provided by MGRES/Cuciurgan coal-fired power plant and Dubasari hydropower plant. According to publicly available data, MGRES has coal stocks that will reach approximately the end of January.

Russian Gazprom suspended the delivery of natural gas to Moldovagaz on January 1. All the gas that was supplied by Gazprom up to January 1 was directed to Tiraspoltransgaz. As a result of Gazprom's decision, as of January 1, 2025, the Transnistrian region's enterprises have stopped supplying natural gas, district heating and hot water.