ENERGO: Baltics agree to unplug from Russian power grid in February 2025

The Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian electricity transmission system operators have signed an agreement to finish the synchronisation of the Baltic sates’ electricity grids with Western Europe in early 2025, the three companies announced. 

According to the agreement between Litgrid, AST and Elering, the grids will be disconnected from the Russian-controlled BRELL system and connected to the continental European grid in February 2025.

The agreement also stipulates that the Baltic countries will jointly withdraw from the BRELL contract with Russian and Belarusian operators in the summer of 2024, half a year before synchronisation.

“Together with our partners, we have agreed on specific actions and dates for disconnecting from the Russian system and joining the Continental European Synchronous Zone. For the first time, the operators of the three countries jointly assumed clear obligations to perform synchronisation at the agreed time – February 2025,” Rokas Masiulis, CEO of Litgrid, said in the company’s statement.