Skopje, 26 March 2026 (MIA) - Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski told a Q&A session in Parliament on Thursday that the energy situation in the country is stable, despite the biggest global energy crisis in recent decades.

In response to a question from VMRO-DPMNE MP Silvana Angelevska on the energy situation in the country, Mickoski said there are currently about 165,000 tons of coal, while hydroaccumulations are at nearly 40 percent capacity. According to him, the necessary quantities of gas for the heating season in Skopje have also been secured until the end of April. 

He noted that ESM exports electricity worth EUR 100,000 to 150,000 per day, which brings in between EUR 6 - 9 million per month, depending on stock market prices.

Mickoski pointed out that the country "is not only stable, but also exports stability to the region," adding that even in times of crisis, the country provides kerosene to several foreign airports.  

"Even in times of an epic crisis, we supply several airports with kerosene. If we now make a decision to ban exports, those airports will have to be supplied at other, significantly higher prices. That will directly affect airline tickets, transportation costs, and inflation in those countries," the PM said. 

He announced that he would present plans for regional energy integration at the EU-Western Balkans summit in June, noting that electricity transmission networks, power lines and gas interconnectors do not know borders and already operate within the European system.

"We need to organize ourselves regionally because transmission networks, power lines, gas interconnectors and oil pipelines do not have Schengen. They do not know borders. They are integrated into the European system. There are no negotiations and constitutional amendments there, we just integrate there," Mickoski said. 

As a potential opportunity, he cited the International Energy Agency's estimate that the next decade will see a lack of nearly 40,000 TW of installed capacity worldwide, adding that if the region attracted just 0.01% of those investments, it amounts to around 4 TW of new capacity, i.e. USD 400 billion per year.

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