GEORGIA REQUESTS MORE ELECTRICITY FROM ARMENIA

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 28, ARMENPRESS: Georgia’s energy ministry said Wednesday evening that it has asked the Russian-Armenian HayRusGazArd venture to increase by 100 megawatt the volume of electricity, it exports to Georgia through Armenia-located Alaverdi electricity lines.
A spokeswoman for HayRusGazArd, Shushan Sardarian, told Armenpress that the Georgian United Distributing Energy Company signed a contract with HayRusGazArd on October 14 for purchase of 500,000 kilowatt of electricity daily at 2.5 US cents per one kilowatt/h. The contract is valid until 2005 march 1.
Another Armenian company, the International Energy Corporation, sells electricity to Georgian Telasi company at 2.6 US cents.