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ing turned off just as the Continent faces a cold snap dubbed “the beast from the east”. Brus- sels rushed out a statement calling for calm and offering to be peacemaker. “The commission stands ready to steer a trilateral process which in the past has already proven to be effective in situations of disagreement,” European Union Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said in a statement.
Gazprom is keen to limit the damage to its repu- tation as a reliable supplier of energy and reas- sured Brussels that it would maintain its deliver- ies of transit gas to Europe while it works out its row with Kyiv.
Naftogaz said gas transits had been unaffected: it transmitted 522mn cubic meters of Russian gas to European Union countries and Moldova. At the same time, Gazprom didn’t deliver to Naf- togaz 18mn cubic meters of gas for which the company had made a prepayment, the Kyiv Post
Power grid dispute between Serbia and Kosovo slows digital clocks across Europe
Belgrade and Pristina signed an inter-TSO agree- ment on network and system operation manage- ment in 2015, but it has not been implemented yet. The reason is the lack of consent on power distribution in Kosovo as both lay claims to the
reports. However, Ukraine has enough gas to meet its needs for the meantime.
Poroshenko said during a meeting with the man- agement of Ukrainian gas transmission operator Ukrtransgaz on March 3. “We have increased gas supplies from the EU: from Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. As of now, the entire deficit is com- pletely covered,” Poroshenko said.
To save fuel, Minister of Energy Ihor Nasalyk rec- ommended that schools and universities close until March 6 and heat generating companies temporarily switched to mazut, a low-quality fuel oil. He told the Rada on March 2 that Ukraine needs to save 15-20mn cubic meters of gas a day.
For their part the Ukrainian population rallied to Naftogaz’s flag. A poll that asked “Are you pre- pared to cut your gas use to counter Gazprom’s theats?” 86% said yes. Gas consumption fell by 14% on the day.
ownership of the grid, built during the time of ex- Yugoslavia, when both were part of the federation.
The power deviations, which led to a slight de- crease in the electric frequency average, are originating from the control area called Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro (SMM block) and specifi- cally from Kosovo and Serbia, ENTSO-E, said in
a press release on March 6.
According to ENTSO-E, the political disagree- ments between Serbian and Kosovan authorities have led to the observed electricity impact. If no solution can be found at political level, a devia-
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