ENERGY INDUSTRY OF LITHUANIA Rymantas Juozaitis Chairman of Lithuanian Member-Committee of WEC Vilnius October 5, 2005

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ENERGY INDUSTRY OF LITHUANIARymantas
JuozaitisChairman of Lithuanian Member-Committee
of WECVilnius October 5, 2005

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LITHUANIA

• Population 3.44 million
• Area 65.3 thousand square km
• In the Middle Ages - the largest kingdom in
  Eastern Europe (area 930 000 square km)
• Lithuania lost its independence in the end of the
  eighteenth century
• Lithuania restored independence in 1918
• The USSR occupied Lithuania in 1940
• Lithuania once again restored independence in
  1990
• Lithuania became the member of the EU in 2004.

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MEMBERS OF LITHUANIAN MEMBER-COMMITTEE OF WORLD
ENERGY COUNCIL

• Lithuanian Electricity Association
• Lithuanian Gas Association
• Lithuanian Nuclear Energy Association
• Lithuanian District Heating Association
• Association of Energy Consultants of Lithuania
• Geonafta AB
• Insurance Company MARSH LIETUVA
• Empower AB.

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SOME IMPORTANT DATES
1992 - Lithuania restored the WEC membership.
March, 1995 - the Law on Energy was adopted by
the Parliament. 2004 - Lithuania became the
member of NATO and the EU.
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SOME DATES OF ENERGY REFORMS IN LITHUANIA
1995 - Joint stock companies were established in
the energy sector of Lithuania. 1997 - The first
step of reorganization of Lietuvos Energija AB.
District heating utilities and CHPs were
separated from Lietuvos Energija AB and
transferred to municipalities. 1999 - Oil
refinery Mažeikiu Nafta AB was privatized. 2000
- Procedures of gas sector privatization were
started. 2001 - Reorganization of Lietuvos
Energija AB was completed. 2003 - West
Distribution Company was privatized. 2004 - The
second step of privatization of Lietuvos Dujos AB
was completed.
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CLOSURE OF IGNALINA NPP

• The closure of Unit I was scheduled in 2004, Unit
  II - in 2009
• Ignalina NPP produces more than 75 of
  electricity output in Lithuania
• Ignalina NPP can be substituted by Lithuanian PP,
  but this power plant has to be upgraded to meet
  environmental requirements.

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CLOSURE OF IGNALINA NPP

• Unit I was shut down on December 31, 2004
• The new Governments Program states that
  Lithuania will remain
• a nuclear country in the future.

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NEW INTERCONNECTIONS

• Poland Lithuania
• Estonia Finland
• Sweden Lithuania.

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POWER GRIDS IN BALTIC SEA REGION
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Development of gas pipelines
TEN-E priority projects Amber
project Possible case of Yamal-Europe II
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