Mining and Energy Minister Aleksandar Antic said today that in Serbia, more than 60,000 workers in the energy and mining sectors work three shifts each day to provide enough electricity, adding that, in addition to health workers, the military and police, our salesmen are heroes.
According to him, 20,000 people work in three shifts each day at EPS, pointing out that 125,000 tonnes of coal were produced yesterday, enough electricity for our needs, but also for export to the region.
“All the energy and mining companies are operating at full capacity, we have organized a number of people to work from home, but tens of thousands of people are still at work and working three shifts to produce enough electricity”, Antic told RTS.
He is confident, he says, that EPS and other energy companies will provide full stability when it comes to electricity generation.
The minister points out that in the previous days the heating plants worked 24 hours to keep the apartments warm, especially considering that citizens spend most of their time in their homes, and this was the recommendation of doctors to avoid additional colds and diseases.
“Citizens do not have a good reason to worry when it comes to electricity supply. Supply is a complex business and the entire state is giving strong support to the energy sector in conditions of prohibition of movement, self-isolation…”, Antic said.
Speaking about the payment of bills, Antic reminded that pensioners would be delayed in paying their bills without interest, during the state of emergency, but urged other citizens to regularly settle their obligations in order to make energy companies economically stable.
Asked if the fall in oil prices will also affect the decrease in gas prices, he said that if the trend of oil decline continues, it will also affect gas.
When it comes to fuel, Antic emphasizes that there is enough fuel in our oil companies, adding that only NIS has reserves for more than 30 days, and this is the case with other oil companies, Dnevnik reports.
