December 21, Moscow. – Nikolay Shulginov held the 63rd meeting of the CIS Electric Power Council (EES). According to the President of the Council, the Minister of Energy of Russia, “in the past year, there has been an understanding of the need to strengthen regional energy security.” As Nikolay Shulginov noted, this implies closer cooperation at the level of forecasting and long-term planning for the development of energy systems, especially taking into account the increasing share of renewable energy in the balance sheets of the CIS countries, as well as at the level of technological interaction, in particular, in standardization, training. All these areas of cooperation are reflected in the CIS EES activity plans for the next year, the head of the Council added.
Nikolay Shulginov recalled that 2024 will be the year of Russia’s presidency in the CIS. The President of the Russian Federation approved the Concept of the presidency and an Action Plan for its implementation. According to Nikolay Shulginov, a meeting of the CIS Electric Power Council is to be held next year, after monitoring and analysis, proposals have been prepared to coordinate long–term plans for the development of the electric power industry of the CIS member countries, and a report on the analysis of the world experience in classifying electric energy as “green” should be prepared.
Summing up the results of the outgoing year, Nikolai Shulginov noted that the CIS electric power industry as a whole has successfully coped with most of the challenges: “Energy consumption is growing in all countries, energy systems are updating their maximums. Energy is a driver of economic and social development, and new investments are coming into the industry. Interstate institutions, mechanisms and incentives for development are developing.”
At the 63rd meeting, as part of the rotation procedure, the powers of the Vice-President of the CIS Electric Power Council were transferred to the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov. Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan Sorboni Amirkhoni Kholmukhamadzod was approved as the new Chairman of the Coordinating Council at the CIS EEC.
The 64th meeting of the CIS Electric Power Council is scheduled to be held in person on the territory of the Russian Federation in the first half of 2024.
A source: minenergo.gov.ru
