"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.
„Stanje krize je proglašeno kao rezultat ozbiljnog poremećaja u funkcionisanju sistema snabdevanja strujom i nemogućnosti njegove funkcionalne održivosti, nedostatka struje u sistemu praćenog nemogućnošću uvoza … kao i izuzetno povećanom potrošnjom struje uzrokovanom niskim temperaturama“, izjavio je sredinom meseca potpredsednik za ekonomska pitanja Vladimir Peševski.