Belarus is ready to buy in 2009. 1-1,5 billion kW / h of electricity to the Ukrainian 43.5 dollars per MW / h, said in Kiev, First Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine Oleg Bugayev.He noted that the Belarusian side offers to pay for electricity in hryvnias with fixing the price at the beginning of the contract. In doing so, the tariff for transit of electricity in Lithuania are invited to establish a level of $ 7 per 1 MW / h. Oleg Bugayev explained that Belarus has signed a contract with Russia to import 4.5 billion kw / h of electricity in 2009., Of which 3 billion kW / h guaranteed. According to unofficial information, the value of Russia’s electricity generation will be 43.25 dollars per MW / h, transmits RBC. At the same time, Ukraine proposes to export to Belarus up to 3 billion kilowatt hours of electricity at a cost of $ 45 per MW / h at the tariff for transit to Lithuania in the U.S. $ 5 in supplies to the Baltic countries, in such a case can also be approximately 3 billion kw / h. A fixed price in hryvnias in Kiev considered possible only for a certain period because of the instability of the national currency. “Our proposals seek the Belarusian side,” – said Oleg Bugayev.
