Agreement between the Governments of the Republics of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan on the Parallel Operation of the Energy Systems of Central Asia.

The Parties, proceeding from the necessity and economic purposefulness to provide efficient operation of their own energy systems, using the current electricity transmission lines, assume the responsibility to create favourable conditions to develop and implement the advantages of a parallel operation of energy systems and restrain from actions that may damage the interests of the other Party. To form an integrated electricity and capacity market the Parties deem it expedient to consider the issue of establishing the regional Electric Power Pool of Central Asia (EPP CA). The Parties agree that: 1) The parallel operation will ensure a reliable and efficient work of the energy systems within the EPP CA; 2) The electric power pool means an aggregate of energy systems of the countries, energy producers, and electricity networks, that have been united on a voluntary basis to provide conditions for efficient and reliable electricity supplies to consumers, gaining maximum advantages of the energy systems parallel operation; 3) Each Party shall independently make the layout and identify the amount of their own electricity networks for the parallel operation with the EPP CA, proceeding from their own national interests. The Parties, while considering the issue of the EPP CA use, recognize that the reliable and economic electricity supply, and the creation of the electricity and capacity market is ensured through mutually coordinated technical and economic policies.