Eurasian Integration Yearbook 2012

Aigul Absametova. “Integration Processes in the Electric PowerSectors of the EDB Member States”Advanced Economic Cooperationin Sectors and IndustriesIndicator 2008 2009 2010 January-September 2011Imports 2,780.1 1,771.7 3,009.5 2,299.6from Russia 2,205.1 584.6 1,375.6 N/Afrom Kyrgyzstan 553.9 967.9 1,633.9 N/Afrom Tajikistan 21.1 219.2 0 N/AExports 2,234.7 2,245.8 1,538 704.7to Russia 2,213.6 2,157.4 1,538 N/Ato Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 N/Ato Tajikistan 21.1 88.4 0 N/ABalance, overall -545.4 474.1 1,471.5 -1,594.9including:with Russia -8.5 -1,572.8 -162.4 -704.7Central Asia 553.9 1,098.7 1,633.9 2,299.6with Kyrgyzstan 553.9 967.9 1633.9 2,125with Tajikistan 0 130.8 0 N/ATable 11.3.Electricity importsand exports byKazakhstan(million kWh)Source: ESI SB RAS,data from KOREM;KEGOCNote: N/A – data notavailableKazakhstan is Russia’s main electricity trading partner and the main exporterof electricity to Russia in the context of cooperation between the EDB andCIS member states. In 2009 and 2010 Kazakhstan accounted for 70% and52% of Russia’s electricity imports respectively. There were several reasonsfor the decrease in Russian imports, including an improvement in Kazakhstan’sdomestic electricity’s links. In 2008 a new interregional high-voltage line wascommissioned: the 500 kV 500 km Northern Kazakhstan–Aktobe Region lineconnected the Aktobe Region with electricity generation facilities in NorthernKazakhstan.Note:In November 2008 the EDB signed a $30.5 million seven-year loan agreement with the Batys Transit concessioncompany to construct the Northern Kazakhstan–Aktobe Region power line. The Samruk Kazyna NationalWelfare Fund and KEGOC (Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company) also participated in the project.The increase in net power flow between Kazakhstan and Russia in 2009 wascaused, to a significant extent, by the accident on the Sayano-Shushensk HPP.The emergency shutdown of the plant necessitated transmission of reservepower from the Siberian IPS and the increased use of power from the Uralsand mid-Volga systems transmitted to Siberia through Kazakhstan (EnergyForecasting Agency, 2010).Because of the limited transit capacity of the Urals-Kazakhstan-Siberia system,Kazakhstan’s maintenance of the agreed power balance is vital in preventingoverload on the lines by non-scheduled flows.Eurasian Development Bank191