Hydropower plants (HE) Perućica and Piva produced 11 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 753 months last year, that is, 560 GWh, which is about 80 percent of the plan, according to data from the Directorate for Energy Management.
Thermal power plant (TE) Pljevlja produced 1,28 thousand GWh in the same period, which is 98 percent of the plan, writes newspaper Elektroprivreda (EPCG).
The coordinator for production management in the Electricity Trade Sector, Darko Krivokapić, said that due to worse hydrological conditions during the second, third and fourth quarter, the deficit in the production of hydroelectric power plants for the period from January to November amounts to 216 GWh of electricity.
"It is to be expected that hydropower facilities will end the year with a production deficit of around 290 GWh of energy, which would be worth at least ten million euros on the market", stated Krivokapić.
The production performance of TE, as he added, will be slightly below plan.
However, the biggest challenge for the Directorate for Energy Management was the third quarter, because in a situation where consumption is skyrocketing due to high temperatures, with a drastic reduction in inflow and planned overhauls of HPP Perućica and HPP Piva, from August to September it was extremely difficult to provide the missing amounts of energy , and at the same time seize the moment and sell electricity at very high prices.
Krivokapić stated that, in addition to excellent cooperation with production facilities, the negative effects of the dry period were reduced by risk sharing, i.e. by purchasing electricity on a monthly, weekly and daily basis and postponing the overhaul of HPP Perućica by seven days.
"During the period from June to September, the reliability of the Pljevlja Thermal Power Plant was XNUMX percent, which greatly eased the situation during the third quarter, especially in August," Krivokapić specified.
As of November last year, the Directorate for Energy Management achieved a turnover of 1,34 thousand GWh of electricity. 898 GWh was purchased and 442 GWh of electricity was sold.
"Compared to the same period in 2014, traffic remained at almost the same level of 1,38 thousand GWh, when 836 GWh were bought and 544 GWh were sold. However, if you compare 2014 and last year, it can be seen that last year the purchase was higher by 62 GWh of electricity, while the sale was lower by 101 GWh", said Krivokapić.
The Directorate for Energy Management has already purchased certain amounts of bandwidth for the first quarter through partners on the TFS platform. It is also planned to participate in the annual tender at Elektroprivreda Republika Srpska, as well as to announce a tender through which peak energy would be sold during the first three months.
"A dry November and a not very optimistic December, from the point of view of rainfall, weak inflows on the Zeta and Piva, as well as the relatively low level of reservoirs, force us to carefully plan the production of hydroelectric power plants, at least until the first heavy rain", said Krivokapić.
As he said, the challenge this year will be the opening of electricity exchanges in Serbia, Croatia and Albania, as well as participation in them. The Directorate for Energy Management looks at this fact with optimism, because they stated that exchanges will regulate the market, reduce risk, equalize prices, transparently connect supply and demand, as well as facilitate work between partners.
"A good circumstance is that electricity prices are in a slight decline, so it is expected that the average price for this year will be one euro per megawatt hour (MWh) less than the average price for last year, when it was 40,5 euros per MWh", said Krivokapić.
He assessed that the preconditions for such a price movement are that the hydrological conditions in the Balkans are at a normal level, that the situation in the geopolitical field is not drastically disturbed, i.e. the situation Ukraine-Russia, Turkey, Syria, as well as that the price movement on the energy market and their delivery will be at the usual level.
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