Kosovo Energy Strategy 2009-2018 - Ministria e Integrimit

ENERGY STRATEGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO FOR THE PERIOD 2009–2018 and support Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW) to develop and put forward a well-11.2.10 Demand Side Management’ Programand saving, MEM will coordinate development of a National Demand Side Management (DSM)Objectives of this Program will include among other: (i) load reduction, (ii) load shifting, and (iii)The aim of development of this Program is also involvement of utilities, energy suppliers or privatecompanies in offering DSM of value-added services to energy customers so that they receive11.2.11 Kosovo Budget support for the energy sectorConsidering projected demand growth, high power import prices, and the lead time until theplanned Kosova e Re plant is commissioned (around 2015), it can be concluded that, in the interim,(i)develop the Sibovc South West mine so as to sustain coal supplies after exhaustion ofthe remaining coal reserves in the Mirash and Bardh mines;(ii) enhance capacity and reliability of the existing generation facilities in TC Kosova A 25and TC Kosova B units as necessary in order to keep them operational;(iii) some environmental upgrades of Kosova A and its ash disposal system and facilities;and Government will need to step in as appropriate to provide part or all of the resources required for25 The focus will be on the B units, which consume less fuel and produce fewer emissions than the A units, yet operate below de-Ministry of Energy and Mining Faqe 73