Energy authorities are expected to focus on the challenge of assuring energy sufficiency over the winter season at a meeting of today, called by energy minister Kostas Skrekas as a result of production capacity concerns at the country’s lignite facilities.

Maintenance level cutbacks at the country’s lignite-fired power facilities, in anticipation of their decarbonization-related withdrawals, may end up affecting the performance of some units, but their contribution to the grid could be crucial as a result of the wider impact of the energy crisis on the market.

The energy minister called today’s meeting in response to a letter forwarded by power utility PPC, controlling the country’s lignite facilities, to power grid operator IPTO, in which current problems faced by lignite-based electricity generation were stressed.