The Electric Power Industry of Montenegro (EPCG) cautioned on Tuesday that there is a shortage of electricity in the country, stating that, due to drought, Montenegrin power plants are working with only five percent of their capacity, which means that the country is importing one quarter of electricity for daily needs.

Head of EPCG Directorate for Public Relations Rajko Sebek told Tanjug that a quarter of electricity needed for daily use is imported, above all because of the low production in the power plant Perucica, which is working with only five percent of its capacity.

Due to that failure, Montenegro is short of 20 to 25 percent of electricity on a daily basis, and that is the amount we are importing, Sebek said.

According to him, the whole region is facing an electiricty deficit, which makes it hard to procure electricity from Western European countries.

Electricity can be purchased from the countries of the Western Europe, but the problem is that the traders cannot deliver it, he said, adding that managers of regional electric power industries should meet in Belgrade on Thursday.

Main topics of the meeting will include joint participation in the electricity market, how to relieve the congestion of European transmission networks in the region, and a message to everyone to try to use electricity more rationally, Sebek stressed.