EZE to sign deal with RAO-Energetyka to provide power to Kaliningrad

Elblag-based electricity provider Zaklad Energetyczny (EZE) and Russian RAO-Energetyka are to sign an agreement as early as the end of this month concerning construction of a 110 kV energy transfer line joining EZE's power grid with the Kaliningrad District. Another Polish electrical power provider, P-line, will act as the intermediary and operator of the line. The latter could start working in December and would make electricity transfer in both directions possible. "We will import cheaper power from Russia during our peak usage periods and vice versa," said P-line President Ryszard Drzyzga. The company also hopes to carry out another project soon under which it would connect the electrical grid of Lublin-based energy distributor Lubzel to the Byerezovska power plant in Belarus. P-line is currently waiting for the Economy Minister's approval of the project, who is said to be concerned about the quality of Byerezovska's facilities. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) M.K.