The company informs that the last time Ukraine asked for emergency assistance from Slovakia was more than a month ago and in a very limited volume. In general, such deliveries were rare and short-lived.
“NEC Ukrenergo has not yet received official documents on the unilateral termination of the agreement on the mutual provision of emergency assistance by the Slovak system operator, SEPS,” the company said.
Former head of Ukrenergo Vladimir Kudrytsky denied statements by Slovak politician Robert Fico about a possible cessation of electricity exports from Slovakia to Ukraine.
According to him, Ukraine and Slovakia are part of a single European energy system, which is coordinated by the association of national operators – ENTSO-E. At the same time, Ukrenergo has the fifth most influential voice in this organization, while the Slovak operator SEPS is in the second twenty.
“Fico is bluffing… Both Ukrenergo, and SEPS, and any other energy system operator in Europe are subject to the same rules and must be independent from politicians in their countries. This means that the Slovak government cannot simply stop supplies from Slovakia to Ukraine, or even more so turn off the power line that connects Slovakia with Ukraine,” Kudrytsky wrote.
He added that even if SEPS tries to stop supplies, Ukrenergo, as a more influential player in ENTSO-E, may initiate the issue of decertifying and depriving the Slovak operator of voting rights. At the same time, commercial volumes of imports will continue to flow through Slovak networks, but they will be sold by other neighbors of Ukraine – Poland, Romania and Hungary.
Energy expert Vladimir Omelchenko, in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine, noted that Slovakia is not the main supplier of emergency assistance. It mainly came from Poland.
“I don’t remember when Slovakia provided it to us. We received such assistance from Poland,” he said.
The energy company also informs that there is an agreement between Ukrenergo and SEPS “on the provision/reception of emergency assistance from/to the UES of Ukraine to/from the EPS of Slovakia.” On February 23, Ukrenergo received a letter from the Slovak operator with a proposal to revise the terms of payment under the current contract. The company noted that the analysis of this proposal will be completed as soon as possible.
“There is no talk yet of any restrictions on the commercial import of electricity from Slovakia,” the company assured.
