The Law on Making Amendments to Law on Approval of Annual and Comprehensive Plans for Restoration, Preservation, Reproduction and Use of Lake Sevan Ecosystem adopted in August 2021 allowed an additional 75 million cubic meters of water intake from Lake Sevan bringing the total water intake to 245 million cubic meters. According to the same law, the additional sums generated by the sale of electricity generated by International Energy Corporation and Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC in excess of 170 million cubic meters of water discharged from Lake Sevan in 2021 should be directed to targeted investments in irrigation system modernization.
"EcoLur" Informational NGO sent a request to RA Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure to find out how many kilowatt/hours of electricity generated by Sevan-Hrazdan hydrocascade as a result of additional 75 million cubic meters of water, how much money was generated from the sale of that electricity, how it will be spent.
The request particularly says:
“At the suggestion of RA Government, RA National Assembly adopted Law on Making Amendments to the Law on Approval of Annual and Comprehensive Plans for Restoration, Preservation, Reproduction and Use of Lake Sevan Ecosystem on August 17, 2021, which authorized additional 75 million cubic meters of water intake bringing the total water intake to 245 million cubic meters.
According to Article 6 of RA Law on Freedom of Information, please, advise:
• How many kilowatt-hours of electricity did Sevan-Hrazdan hydrocascade produce as a result of additional water intake from Lake Sevan?
• How much extra money was generated by International Energy Corporation from the sale of that electricity to Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC?
•How much money will be spent on the modernization of the irrigation systems in the regions? To what extent will these measures contribute to the preservation of Lake Sevan ecosystem?"
January 19, 2022 at 16:48