Ukraine suspends electricity imports from, exports to Russia, Belarus

The state-owned operator of Ukraine's integrated power grids, Ukrenergo, says it has suspended imports and exports of electricity from Russia and Belarus from April 12 to April 30.

The auction office reports a restriction of the interstate intersection capacity down to 0 MW from April 12 to April 30, 2020, in the following directions: Russia-Ukraine, Belarus-Ukraine, Ukraine-Belarus, and Ukraine-Russia, the company's press service said on April 10.

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As UNIAN reported earlier, on April 8, Ukraine's National Energy and Utilities Regulation Commission (NEURC) canceled biddings on distributing interstate intersection capacities with Russia and Belarus for 2020, which means limiting imports of electricity from said countries pending quarantine period and 30 days after its termination.

NEURC head Valeriy Tarasiuk said that such a decision was a forced one, made as a result of the launch of national quarantine across Ukraine to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.