Macedonia is forced to import electricity at record prices of 350 EUR per MWh, when we could be producing our own electricity at a fraction of that price, said the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party in a press release. Due to mismanagement and corruption in the state owned ELEM company led to a major drop in domestic energy production.

Of the three generators in REK Bitola, only one is operational, and that is at half capacity. Our hydro potential is drained out. That is why Macedonia is importing electricity at record prices, when we could be producing electricity at a five or six times lower price. Macedonia is forced to spend 65 million EUR for energy imports to cover up the incompetence of the SDSM – DUI led Government, VMRO-DPMNE said in its statement.

With domestic coal production at bare minimum, the Zaev regime is trying to secure a contract to purchase coal from Kosovo over the next five years, in an attempt to keep the two key coal plants, in Bitola and Kicevo, operational.