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Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon announced that the country will completely eliminate electricity consumption limits by 2027, the president's press service reported.
Today, December 12, 2025, in his address to the country's parliament, the president noted that thanks to the introduction of modern technologies for electricity metering and payment, as well as the active development of solar energy, the republic will be provided with sufficient resources to meet all the population's electricity needs.
"Before the introduction of modern electricity metering and billing technologies, 30-40 percent of the population did not pay for their electricity consumption, according to Barki Tojik. After the implementation of the new billing system, 100 percent of the population will be considered fully metered," Emomali Rahmon emphasized.
The President also announced that by 2027, Tajikistan plans to significantly reduce its dependence on traditional energy sources through the active development of solar energy. Specifically, the plan is to generate 1,500 kW of solar energy.
"We've been through tough times, the winter of 2026 will be easier, and starting in 2027, we'll forget about electricity problems," the head of state said.
Emomali Rahmon also announced plans to commission the third unit of the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Plant in 2027 and emphasized that the country's energy independence will be ensured by September 2027. He stated that "all the largest and most costly work has been successfully completed."
To continue construction of the Rogun hydroelectric power station, 9 billion somoni were allocated from the state budget this year, with 60 percent of the work already completed.
The President noted that electricity losses in the country have been reduced by 500 million kWh. "Electricity losses over the first 11 months of this year amounted to 3 billion kWh, which is 500 million kWh less than the same period last year," he added.
Emomali Rahmon, speaking about electricity losses, noted: "Some industry employees did not account for all payments and artificially shifted unjustified electricity losses onto the population and other consumer groups."
He added that the funds were “collected entirely from the population, but then used improperly, and artificially imposed debt obligations on the population, creating huge debts.”
Furthermore, over 100,000 new consumers who had not previously been connected to electricity and had been using it for 34 years without paying for services were registered in the energy system. As a result, 1.5 billion somoni were transferred to the energy system over the first 11 months of this year.
