{"id":79422,"date":"2025-06-20T20:45:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=79422"},"modified":"2025-06-20T21:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:09:50","slug":"kesh-purchases-electricity-on-foreign-market-spends-e14-million-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kesh-purchases-electricity-on-foreign-market-spends-e14-million-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"KESH Purchases Electricity on Foreign Market, Spends \u20ac14 Million in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3c72ca03-5047-4db3-830d-a23ee4e70d52\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"220\">High temperatures and lack of rainfall have forced the Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) to purchase electricity on the international market.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"222\" data-end=\"399\">In four auctions held over the past two weeks, KESH spent \u20ac14 million to meet domestic energy needs, with the electricity purchased at an average price of \u20ac95 per megawatt-hour.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"751\">These purchases mark the first imports after nearly three months without any energy buying activity, as the last procurement took place in mid-March. The total cost of imports in the first three months of the year was around \u20ac38 million. With the latest purchases, Albania&#8217;s electricity import bill for 2025 has reached approximately \u20ac52 million.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"753\" data-end=\"892\">According to KESH data, a total of 408,000 MWh of electricity has been purchased so far this year, at an average price of \u20ac124\/MWh.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1102\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The recurring need to import electricity at various times of the year highlights that Albania is still unable to fully meet domestic demand with energy produced from hydropower plants and solar installations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\">\n<div class=\"touch:-me-2 touch:-ms-3.5 -ms-2.5 -me-1 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-y-4 p-1 select-none touch:w-[calc(100%+--spacing(3.5))] -mt-1 w-[calc(100%+--spacing(2.5))] duration-[1.5s] focus-within:transition-none hover:transition-none pointer-events-none [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_33%,transparent_66%)] [mask-size:300%_100%] [mask-position:100%_0%] motion-safe:transition-[mask-position] group-hover\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-hover\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] group-focus-within\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] has-data-[state=open]:pointer-events-auto has-data-[state=open]:[mask-position:0_0]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High temperatures and lack of rainfall have forced the Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) to purchase electricity on the international market. 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