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1 Priorities of national power market of Belarus

2 Republic of Belarus Territory - 207,6 thousand sq. km. Population 9.5 millions. Capital Minsk, 1.9 millions. Extension - From North to South 560 km, - From East to West 650 km Time zone GMT+2 Republic of Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north. Belarus is strategically situated on the routes North-South and East-West. Belarus is divided by 6 regions, 118 districts, more then 100 towns, 111 small towns, more then villages.

3 Managing structure of Belarusian power industry President of Republic of Belarus Council of Ministers of Republic of Belarus Ministry of Energy Ministry of Economy Other state administration bodies, regional administration bodies Power Inspection Service SPA«Belenergo» RUP ODU (national power control center) Regional Power companies (power generation, transmission, distribution and supply) Service organizations (mounting, repairing, projecting etc.)

4 Tariff regulation in Power Sector Tariff confirmation for households Council of Ministers of Republic of Belarus Consumers Tariff confirmation for legal entities Ministry of Economy Proposals on tariff confirmation for households (including social orientation) Ministry of Energy Proposals on tariff confirmation for different types of consumers SPA «Belenergo» Gross output and expenses Regional power companies Expenses for power generation, transmission, distribution power control, services of SPA Belenergo 9

5 Main characteristics of Belarusian power system (2013) Installed capacities SPA Belenergo (by the end of 2013) Power plants Conventional CHP Other sources(wind, water) Electricity production: Electricity imports: Electricity exports: 8506,1 MW 4140,1 MW 4338,2 MW 27,8 MW 31,30 TWh 6,72 TWh 0,35 TWh Consumption: 37,70 TWh

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7 Scheme of transmission grid of Belarusian power system Условные обозначения : 110 кв 220 кв 330 кв 750 кв Электростанция Атомная станция ПС 110 кв ПС 220 кв ПС 330 кв ПС 750 кв

8 Cross-border transmission lines of Belarusian power system With Russian Federation: 1 OHL750 kv 3 OHL 330 kv With Ukraine: 2 OHL 330 kv With Lithuania: 5 OHL 330 kv With Poland: 1 OHL 220 kv 2 OHL 110 kv

9 Synchronous operation in BRELL Ring

10 Imports/Exports ESTONIA LATVIA Nordpoolspot ZONE LITHUANIA 0,31 TWh There are additional exports while activating emergency reserves in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia (0.04 TWhin 2013) RUSSIA RUSSIA (Kaliningrad) 0,12 TWh BELARUS 3,60 TWh POLAND UKRAINE Сальдо ,00 TWh

11 Transit ESTONIA Belarus transits Russian electricity to Lithuania and deficit regions of Russian IPS. Total transit in ,97 TWh LATVIA RUSSIA RUSSIA (Kaliningrad) POLAND LITHUANIA BELARUS Сальдо +850 UKRAINE International agreements: The agreement on transit of the electrical energy and capacity of the participating states of the Commonwealth of Independent States from January 25, 2000 Agreement on providing access to natural monopolies services in the sphere of electrical energy industry, including the basics of price formation and tariff policy from November

12 Functioning of wholesale power market Electricity imports Electricity from surplus regional power companies Electricity for export from regional power companies SPA Belenergo (organizing wholesale power trade) Electricity to deficit regional power companies Electricity exports

13 Common Economic Space integration (Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan) Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan are creating Eurasian Economic Union on the basis of Customs union and CES. Experts are working out on conception of creating common electricity market of EEU in reliance on agreed principles: - step-by-step transformation of national vertically integrated power companies aiming functional unbundling, - development of international relations in power sector due to agreed model of common electricity market, - step-by-step creating of common electricity market of EEU on the basis of synchronous operation of national power system taking into account details of existing national power markets.

14 Road map of creating common electricity market of Eurasian Economic Union Conception Program Fulfilling Program Signing of International Agreement on Common electricity market

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