President Maia Sandu ruled out the possibility of resuming electricity purchases from the Cuciurgan power plant (MGRES), citing the lack of gas needed for electricity generation.
She also expressed hope for a sustainable alternative through interconnection with Romania.
“I don’t believe we’ll return to Cuciurgan, mainly because MGRES doesn’t have the gas to produce electricity. And I hope that in a few months, we’ll have a direct line with Romania, which means we’ll have options. Today, we practically have no options—or they’re very fragile—but I don’t see how this situation could change,” Sandu said during the “Novaia Nedelea” show on TV8.
Her statement comes amid ongoing debates about Moldova’s energy security and the need to reduce dependence on sources controlled by the Tiraspol regime.
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However, former Minister of Energy Victor Parlicov expressed a much more pessimistic view. In a statement to Rlive, he criticized the authorities for not acting on the CSE’s decision, especially on buying power generators.
“Minister Junghietu was appointed after the CSE’s mandate expired, and somehow that mandate ended without anyone acting on what I consider the most important point of the decision—the generators, at least the 100 MW that would have prepared us for summer,” Parlicov said.
He warned that if Moldova doesn’t develop its energy balancing capacity, the country will inevitably find itself in a difficult situation: “We will inevitably return to the Cuciurgan plant for balancing electricity. Eventually, an energy shortfall will force us to rely on electricity from Cuciurgan as the only balancing option.”