The Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is planning to increase the production of electricity for the winter season, but the Kosovo Company for Supply of Energy (KESCO) considers that the demand for consumption is greater than the local production. According to KESCO, there will be a need to import electricity from Albania and Hungary this year as well.

In addition, KESCO officials warn that if high-priced and high-value imports continue, this could reflect in next year's tariffs for consumers.

On the other hand, the KEK spokesperson, Skënder Bucolli, in a statement for KosovaPress, while showing that two units in this corporation have been under repair, mentions that they plan to have more electricity than last year.

Bucolli says that in the period from January to September 2023, more than 4 million megawatt hours of electricity and more than 5 million tons of coal was produced.

Meanwhile, the spokesperson at KESCO, Margarita Rashiti, says that the supply of electricity to consumers during the winter season depends on several factors.

She emphasizes that they are obliged to import electricity about 600 megawatts per hour from other countries at the same price as the countries that are part of the European Union buy it.

In addition, Rashiti emphasizes that if the import continues with high prices and great value, this may reflect in the increase of tariffs in the next year for consumer citizens.

Regarding this, the energy expert Arben Kllokoqi says that in such situations where the demand for consumption increases and the tariff does not cover the cost, a call can be made to save as much electricity as possible.

Meanwhile, from the Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) they talk about the coverage of energy production in the country and those of import.

"About 85% of the consumption in Kosovo is covered by the production of electricity from the Thermal Power Plants of TC Kosova A and TC Kosova B and from Renewable Energy Sources, while about 15% of the consumption is covered through imports contracted by KESCO and KEDS", it is stated in ERO's response to KosovaPress.

In addition to these, KESCO shows that every month only 13.6 percent of consumers have exceeded the block rate or spent more than 800 kilowatts.

In the last two years, there were two increases in electricity tariffs. In April 2023, ERO decided that the fee would increase by 15.4 percent. Likewise, the ERO approved the new tariffs for electricity on February 9, 2022. With these tariffs, consumers who spend more than 800kWh of electricity per month pay more.

From October 1 to March 31, the low electricity tariff applies in Kosovo, from 22:00 to 07:00. Whereas, from April 1 to September 30, the low rate applies from 23:00 to 08:00. /Z. Zeneli/