No. 4 January 2019
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Content: 330m EUR/year 5% of Gross Domestic Product
ELECTRIC
POWER SECTOR
POWER SECTOR
IMF ARTICLE IV:
POWER
SURVEY
SURVEY
ASSESSING THE
SHORTAGES
CITIZENS: MORE
MORE
POSITIVE IMPACT
AND ITS
ELECTRIC POWER
INFORMATION
NEEDED TO BE
ABOUT THE
OF ‘KOSOVA E RE’
PRODUCED IN
POWER PLANT
KOSOVO
‘KOSOVA E RE’
3,400 EUR/year
Kosovo Business (average)
RESULTING CONSEQUENCES
POWER PLANT
ELECTRIC POWER SHORTAGES AND ITS RESULTING CONSEQUENCES An estimated 330 million Euros are lost annually
security of power supply is defined as: ‘uninterrupted
by businesses in the Republic of Kosovo due to the
access to power sources at affordable prices’.
irregular electric power supply, which is equivalent to 5% of Gross Domestic Product. This problem continues
The construction of the Power Plant ‘Kosova e Re, in
to hinder business development, job creation and
addition to ensuring stable supply at affordable prices,
economic development in the country.
will meet the needs of the private sector and will thus enable the initiation of a new and dynamic phase of
The International Energy Agency specifies that the
economic development.
LOSSES AS CONSEQUENCE OF IRREGULAR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
330m EUR/year 5% of Gross Domestic Product
3,400 EUR/year
Kosovo Business (average)