The main causes of the gas and electricity crisis during the abnormally cold days are identified

Ten percent of Uzbekistan's daily natural gas consumption and eight percent of its electricity consumption come from additional imports.

However, due to the accident at the natural gas fields in Turkmenistan, natural gas imports have been completely stopped, while electricity imports have fallen by 20 percent, the Uzbek Energy Ministry said.

"Although the throughput capacity of gas pipelines and main power grids is sufficient to meet today's maximum demand, there are problems in supplying energy to consumers due to insufficient resources.

In particular, the emergency situation that arose in the neighboring country's natural gas fields on January 12 due to abnormal cold weather has led to a complete halt of natural gas imports and a 20 percent reduction in electricity imports," the ministry said in a statement.

It was also reported that the export of electricity to supply these resources to the population and social facilities has been halted, while there is a shortage of energy resources.