"Stanje krize se proglašava zbog teškog poremećaja u vođenju sistema za opskrbu energijom i nemogućnosti njegove funkcionalne održivosti, nedostatka struje u sistemu praćenog nemogućnošću uvoza ... kao i zbog krajnje povećane potrošnje struje zbog niskih temperatura," izjavio je sredinom mjeseca potpredsjednik nadležan za ekonomske poslove Vladimir Peševski.
"The state of crisis is declared as a result of the serious disruption in the operation of the power supply system and the impossibility of its functional sustainability, lack of electricity in the system accompanied by impossibility of import … as well as the extremely increased consumption of electricity resulting from the low temperatures," Economic Affairs Vice-President Vladimir Pesevski said mid-month.