Moldavia reported the cessation of energy supplies from Transdniestria's TPPs

The Transnistrian TPP will stop supplying electricity to Moldova from January 1, 2025. This was announced on December 30 by Victor Bynzar, advisor to the director of the Moldovan state enterprise Energocom.

"The contract with the TPP was not extended. Without confidence in the availability of gas for generation, they cannot sign the contract," his words are quoted in the Telegram channel "Sputnik Moldova".

The report also notes that the republic buys about 90% of all the electricity it consumes from Transnistria, which is generated at the Moldovan TPP, which runs on Russian gas.

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Before that, on December 28, Andrei Safonov, a deputy of the Supreme Council of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR), said that Transnistria accused Moldova of being fully responsible for the gas crisis.

On the same day, the press service of Gazprom said that from January 1 it would stop supplies to Moldova because of the country's failure to repay its debts. In turn, Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean did not recognize the debt and threatened to sue.

Before that, on December 23, it was reported that protests may start in Moldova because of the difficult energy situation in the republic due to the cessation of gas transit through Ukraine.

Since December 1, 2024, the price of gas in Moldova has increased by 27.5%. Since December 16, a state of emergency regime has been in effect in Moldova due to the possible termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine. On 6 December, a state of emergency was also introduced in Transnistria due to the situation in the energy sector.