Deputies of the Assembly of Kosovo with 68 votes in favor, none against and no abstentions voted for the Government’s decision to impose emergency measures in the electricity supply.
“The Government of Kosovo takes the decision to announce emergency measures in energy supply, pushed by the current world energy situation: the rapid increase in the price of energy imports, as well as the warning of the ban on the export of fossil materials from some European countries that may affect the further increase in the price of imports”, it was said in the government’s announcement.

These measures will be in force for 60 days and this decision includes support measures for citizens in order to ensure heating during the winter; banning the use of electricity for cryptocurrency mining; the support of the Transmission and Market System Operator (KOSTT) to undertake the necessary actions in order to maintain the security of the electrical energy system; and measures to save electricity consumption by all institutions.

“The measures taken will remain in force for 60 (sixty) days after approval by the Assembly of Kosovo. The Assembly can extend this deadline for successive periods of 30 (thirty) days with a majority vote of the members of the Assembly present at the session, up to 180 (one hundred and eighty) days”, the announcement reads.

/Klara Ruci/