Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian energy ministers agreed in Riga on Tuesday to jointly work towards synchronisation of their countries’ power grids with continental European grids by February 2025 at the latest.
The documents enshrining the agreement are to be signed between the Baltic prime ministers and transmission system operators in early August, Lithuania’s Energy Ministry said in a press release.
As part of the agreement, transmission system operators will be obliged to notify their partners in August 2024 of their joint decision not to extend the Moscow-controlled post-Soviet energy system (BRELL) agreement and to synchronise with Europe by February 2025.
“The decision was taken in light of the changed geopolitical security situation in the region in the context of the war in Ukraine. It reaffirms the unity of the Baltic states in pursuing common energy security objectives,” the press release said.
Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys met with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts Raimonds Čudars and Kristen Michal in Riga on Tuesday to brief them on the Lithuanian State Defence Council’s recent decision instructing the country’s government to agree with Latvia and Estonia on synchronisation with continental European grids in February 2025.
Kreivys said earlier on Tuesday that such an agreement should be signed in early August.
Lithuania wanted synchronisation to take place even earlier, in 2024, but Latvia and Estonia objected.
The Latvian and Estonian transmission system operators told BNS on Monday that the beginning of 2025 is the earliest possible date and the most technically and economically feasible for the Baltic countries to synchronise their electricity grids with Europe.
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