DUSHANBE, August 27, 2009, Asia-Plus  -- Technical capacities and operating conditions of Uzbek power systems do not allow transiting electricity via them to the countries of the region, Aleksandr Galkin, an official with Uzbekenergo, said, according to Uzbekenergo’s official site.

He says snow melting has resulted in water levels at reservoirs increasing and as a result of this generation of electricity has increased.  “As a rule, the upstream countries during this period have commercial interest in transiting electricity via Uzbek power systems to other countries, for example Kazakhstan.  However, they do not take into consideration that it may affect operating conditions of the Uzbek power systems and lead to negative consequences for our country’s economy,” the Uzbek energy official said.

Besides, there are some objective reasons restricting electricity transit via the territory of Uzbekistan, according to him.

“Thus, receiving electricity in one part of the country, we cannot supply it directly to consumers in other country.  We have to distribute it in neighboring regions while in other regions, their own power plants have to generate electricity that can be supplied to consumers in other country,” Galkin said.

“Moreover, while receiving electrical power from remote sources of its generation located in neighboring countries Uzbekistan will have to suspend a part of units of its power plants from operation that will cause reduction in voltage at main substations,” he added.

All this and other factors are evidence of the fact that technical capacities and operating conditions of the Uzbek power systems do not allow transiting electricity via them to the countries of the region, Galkin said.