In 2018, 1 682
players were operating in the electricity market of Lithuania: 1 621 of them
were producers of electricity, 1 entity operating the transmission network by
the proprietary right, 6 entities operating the distribution networks, 5
entities performing the public supply function. Moreover, in 2018 there were 49
independent suppliers operating in the electricity market, which held the
issued licenses/permits, and 23 of them were active.
In 2018 the electricity consumption in Lithuania
equaled 13.2 TWh. Lithuania imports the major part of the consumed electricity
– in 2018 the imported electricity quantity was 12.4 TWh, export was 2.8 TWh.
Figure 1. Electricity balance
in the country in 2012-2018, TWh
Source – National Energy
Regulatory Council
Lithuania produces 30,8 percent of the demanded electricity quantity – in 2016 the quantity of produced electricity equaled 3,97 TWh (where 50,9 percent – the electricity quantity produced in the power plants using the renewable energy resources (RES), 34,8 percent – produced from fossil fuel, 14,3 percent – the electricity quantity produced in Kruonis Hydro Pumped Storage Power Plant).
Figure 2. Balance of electricity
production in 2012-2018, TWh
Source – National Energy
Regulatory Council
The biggest part
of the electricity produced and imported in Lithuania is consumed by industrial
customers, and approx. 26.7 percent of the consumed electricity is assigned to
household customers.
The revenues
earned by the transmission system operator Litgrid AB from the transmission
system operation were as high as EUR 165.7 million. In 2018, the operating
income of the distribution network operator AB „Energijos skirstymo
operatorius“, which holds the biggest share of the distribution market, equaled
EUR 201.9 million, the revenues earned from the public supply activity – EUR 3.6
million.
In 2018, the
investments in the infrastructure of the electricity transmission and
distribution networks totaled EUR 224.5 million: EUR 18.9 million were the
investments in the transmission network, EUR 205.6 million – in the
distribution network.
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Review of the electricity sector in 2016
Review of the electricity sector in 2015
Review of the Electricity sector in 2014
Review of the Electricity sector in 2013
Review of the Electricity sector in 2012
