Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan may begin importing electricity from Russia in the fall, TASS reports, citing the words of Alexandra Panina, a member of the board of Inter RAO.

Alexandra Panina noted that the company could begin supplying electricity to Uzbekistan in the fall. According to her, Uzbekistan needs Russian electricity and will need it by the fall.

“I think that by the fall, Kazakhstan’s plans will be more concretely worked out on what volumes it could pass through to the Uzbek energy system,” she added.

Inter RAO is the only operator of import and export of electricity in Russia.