Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The volume of electricity generation at Uzbekistan’s hydroelectric power plants has decreased by almost 30% due to low water levels this year, which affects the electricity supply to consumers, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.

Due to the decrease, due to low water, the production of electricity at hydroelectric power plants, in some areas there are short-term power outages.

This is due to a drop in the production of electricity at hydroelectric power plants, which led to the lack of the necessary amount of electricity to cover the full demand.

So, in 2019, the generation at hydroelectric power plants amounted to 6.5 billion kWh, and this year, as in the past, this figure is 5 billion kWh or 1.5 billion kWh less (30%).

This missing volume would be enough to provide the entire population of the republic with electricity for one month in the autumn-winter period.

The situation this year, when the established water reserves were not collected in the reservoirs, is typical not only for Uzbekistan, but also for the region as a whole.

At present, all measures are being taken in Uzbekistan to generate electricity in the planned volumes at thermal power plants, the Ministry added.