Estonia to lobby for duties on Russian power

TALLINN - Estonia might try to persuade the European Union to impose import duties on Russian electricity to protect the Baltic energy market if and when the EU and Russian grids are interconnected, according to a report.

Einari Kisel, the head of the Economy Ministry’s energy department, told the Postimees that levying an import duty will be a matter of life and death for Estonia’s energy sector. He said cheap Russian electricity could satisfy all of Estonia’s energy demands.