Bosnia power utility ERS seeks power bids for first week of Oct

Dunav osiguranje ad Banja Luka

27/09/2017 13:51

SARAJEVO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Bosnia's second-largest power 
utility ERS  ERST.BJ  said on Wednesday it wanted to buy 37,440 
megawatt-hours (MWh) of baseload electricity to meet demand in 
the first week October. 
    ERS provides power to Serb-dominated parts of Bosnia, while 
Sarajevo-based EPBiH  JPES.SJ  and Mostar-based EPHZHB  JPEM.SJ  
operate in Bosnia's other autonomous region, the Bosniak-Croat 
Federation. 
    ERS invited international and domestic bidders to submit 
offers by Thursday. 
    Bosnia gets 40 percent of its electricity from hydro power 
with the rest coming from coal-fired plants. Protracted drought 
has lowered water levels across the Western Balkans, hitting 
hydro power output.  L8N1LG2BH  
    The 300 MW Ugljevik coal-fired power plant  RTEU.BJ , run by 
ERS, is also undergoing a three-month regular overhaul which 
started in July.  L8N1IV27Q . 
     
 
 (Reporting by Maja Zuvela; Editing by Edmund Blair) 
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Keywords: BOSNIA ELECTRICITY/TENDER