North Macedonia faces an energy crisis / Lack of oil supply from Greece is the cause
North Macedonia's government has declared a seven-day state of emergency over electricity supply due to disruptions in oil supplies from Greece. The measure allows state-owned power company ESM to use mandatory state oil reserves without compensation, the government said in a statement.
"This decision arises due to the inability to supply oil, which is essential for production. State reserves of oil extracted from oil will be transferred without compensation and ESM is obliged to report to the government and the Ministry of Finance on the consumption of fuel oil," the government said in Skopje after a cabinet meeting on Monday.
The ESM had asked the government to declare a state of crisis due to difficulties in supplying lignite and oil from Greece.
The company attributed the outages to blockades by Greek farmers at border crossings with North Macedonia, which have affected the supply of key energy sources for electricity generation. ESM said the crisis declaration was necessary to enable the use of state reserves and ensure sufficient energy until the border crossings resume normal operations.
Most of the electricity in North Macedonia is produced by ESM power plants that use lignite and oil.
Bulgaria offered emergency oil supplies to North Macedonia after the declaration of a crisis. The offer was communicated during a phone call between the Bulgarian Foreign Minister and his Macedonian counterpart.
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