Lithuania hopes to disconnect from BRELL electricity ring

Lithuania hopes to disconnect from the post-Soviet electricity system known as the BRELL ring already in the early next year, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said in a meeting with Estonian Parliament Speaker Lauri Hussar.

"Our strategic priority is to achieve a complete energy independence from Russia as soon as possible. We hope to disconnect from the Russian grids together with Lithuania and Estonia already in early 2024," the Lithuanian leader said.

The Baltic States are implementing a project to synchronize their electricity grids with Europe via Poland, originally scheduled for completion in 2025. Vilnius believes that, taking into account the risks due to the tense situation in the region, it is necessary to speed up the process and complete the synchronization in 2024. Having connected to Europe, the Baltic countries will simultaneously disconnect from BRELL.