Baltic Countries to Disconnect Electrical Systems From Unified System With Russia and Belarus on February 8, 2025

The Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, plan to disconnect their electrical systems from the unified system with Russia and Belarus on February 8, 2025, and connect to the European power grid from February 9.

The Baltic countries are expected to officially withdraw from BRELL in August 2024, and synchronization with the continental European energy system will occur in February 2025. The synchronization was planned for the end of 2025 initially.

While the entire project is worth $1.73 billion, three quarters of the costs will be covered by the European Union budget.

The Baltic countries will be connected to the continental European electricity grid through the Lithuanian-Polish connection.

Currently, all three Baltic countries are part of BRELL (the Belarus-Russia-Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania electric ring), whose frequency is maintained by the Russian system operator.

The prime ministers of the Baltic countries agreed to accelerate the desynchronization of the states' electricity systems from the power systems of Russia and Belarus and synchronize them with the power system of Central Europe in May 2023.