The Committee for Energy of the Serbia Center (Srce) party has raised concerns about the state of the Electric Power Company of Serbia (EPS), revealing that the country is forced to import electricity year-round, both in summer and winter.
According to the Srce board, EPS imported 16 gigawatt hours on December 23, which accounts for about ten percent of total consumption. The cost of these imports is significant, amounting to several million euros daily, as, in addition to the energy itself, cross-border transmission capacities must also be paid for.
The party warns that if neighboring countries face energy crises, as is expected in Europe, Serbia might have to introduce energy reductions. This could lead to cutting approximately ten percent of total consumption in advance, affecting certain groups. According to Srce, this situation would take Serbia back to the 1990s, when energy shortages were common. They also criticized the current government, linking it to the same political structure of the 1990s, which combined radicals and socialists.
Srce further stated that in the 1990s, EPS was staffed by experts from the former Yugoslavia, who managed to optimize available resources during sanctions. However, today, the lack of such skilled personnel has been damaging to the energy sector. The party blames the mismanagement of EPS by the Serbian Progressive Party, led by Dušan Živković, for making Serbia increasingly energy-dependent and insecure. Srce argues that this management is exacerbating the country’s reliance on imported electricity.
