The debt of the state company “Barki Tojik” to the Sangtuda HPP-1 has reached nearly 2 billion.

OAO “Sangtuda-1” has published the production results of the Sangtuda HPP-1 for the first nine months of 2021

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It is reported that the installed capacity reached 670 MW, and the capacity utilization factor (CUF) was 39.1%. The electricity supply from Sangtuda HPP-1 from January to September of this year amounted to 1.705 billion kWh, which is 52.04 million kWh, or 3.1%, more than the corresponding figure for 2020.

The average payment level since the beginning of 2021 from OJSC “Barki Tojik” does not exceed 37% of the cost of supplied electricity, which continues to lead to an ongoing increase in debt to the station, the report states.

In the first nine months of this year, the debt of “Barki Tojik” increased by another 390.84 million somoni, and as of September 30, 2021, amounted to 1.99 billion somoni (about 177 million dollars).

From January to September 2021, 186 planned maintenance activities were carried out on the Sangtuda HPP-1, including scheduled repairs of hydro units. All repair work and planned activities at Sangtuda HPP-1 do not affect the generation of the necessary volumes of electricity by the station.

At the same time, residents of the country complain about the lack of electricity and the introduction of energy limits in the regions. According to residents, in some areas of the country, electricity is turned off from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and even at night from 10:00 PM to 5:00 AM.

Officials from “Barki Tojik” have repeatedly denied reports that there are limits on electricity consumption in the regions, stating that power outages are related to repair work on power lines and substations.

Sangtuda HPP-1 is a joint project of Tajikistan and Russia, commissioned in 2009. The HPP generates 11% of Tajikistan’s electricity.

75% of the shares of the HPP belong to Russia, while Tajikistan holds 25%.