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    Tehran Times, Iran
    Aug 1 2004


    Iran Exchanges 922KW Of Energy With 2 Central Asian States


    ARDABIL (IRNA) - Azarbaijan Regional Electrical Company (AREC)
    Managing Director Fattah Qarabagh announced that Iran has exchanged
    922 kilowatts of electricity with Azerbaijan and Armenia since
    January 2004.

    On the sidelines of an induction ceremony for the new managing
    director of the Ardabil Power Distribution Company, he told IRNA that
    of the above-stated amount of energy that was exchanged, 280 million
    KWh were transferred to Azerbaijan and Armenia while the remainder
    was delivered to Iran by the two Central Asian states.

    "Electricity exchanges take place due to the increased rate of energy
    consumption in Iran during summer and the high demand for it in
    Azerbaijan and Armenia during winter.

    "Energy is currently transferred from the following four points in
    northwestern Iran to the specified destinations: from Parsabad to
    Imsheli in the Azerbaijan Republic, from Ahar to Agarak in Armenia,
    from Julfa to Ordubad in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan and
    from Aras dam to Nakhichevan," he added.

    He noted that a 154-kilovolt power transmission line had become
    operational between the Iranian-Turkish border and Dogubayazit in
    Turkey but that for the time being it is closed.

    "Construction work on a 400-kilovolt transmission line connecting a
    power station in the city of Khoy, in West Azarbaijan Province, to
    Bashkaleh in Turkey is almost finished and is expected to be fully
    operational in the near future.

    "Besides, the Iranian Power Development Organization and AREC are
    jointly constructing a 330-kilovolt transmission line between
    Parsabad (Iran) and Imsheli (Turkey)," he informed.

    Qarabagh pointed out that Ardabil Province is suitably located for
    the transit of power to Central Asian republics and Russia.

    At the close of the ceremony, Qarabagh expressed his appreciation for
    the sincere efforts of the outgoing managing director of the Ardabil
    Power Distribution Company and his substitute Rashid Shomali, who
    were both presented to the participants.
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