Bulgaria to Renew Electricity Exports Tuesday

Bulgaria is set to renew on Tuesday its electricity exports that it stopped due to the severe winter conditions in the country.

On Friday, Bulgaria's Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Traicho Traikov ordered the exports to be renewed, Mihail Andonov, head of the country's National Electricity Company, announced on Sunday.

On February 10, Bulgaria's government discontinued all electricity exports in order to make up for the increased domestic electricity consumption caused by the freezing temperatures over the past couple of weeks.

Bulgaria traditionally exports electricity to Greece and Macedonia; in 2011, electricity exports to Turkey were resumed after an 8-year pause.

Meanwhile, Bulgaria's sole Nuclear Power Plant, Kozloduy, has officially dismissed the claim that its Unit 5 has been experiencing technical difficulties. Such statement had been made by "Podkrepa" (Support) trade union leader Konstantin Trenchev.

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