Kyrgyzstan on Verge of Energy Crisis – PM

BISHKEK (Interfax) – Kyrgyzstan is on the brink of a total power outage, Prime Minister Igor Chudinov said at the meeting of the government on Thursday.

“I feel that we are about to have a total power outage,” he said.

“That must not happen, especially at plants,” he said.


Energy executives said it was necessary “to save 600 megawatt of electricity during the upcoming heating season in order to keep plants running.”

It is planned to suspend electricity supplies to private houses and to make school vacations longer.

“Thereby, we will avoid the disconnection of plants and the possible decrease of the economic growth,” a representative of Power Plants company said.

Red Orbit