Coal-fired thermal power plant Pljevlja is expected to resume electricity production no later than 1 December, according to EPCG’s Director for Electricity Generation, Miro Vračar. He said that the plant’s start-up process is already underway and typically requires about ten days to complete.
Vračar explained that numerous systems installed during the facility’s ecological reconstruction must be synchronized and tested. If everything proceeds according to plan, the plant could be reconnected to the grid between 25 and 28 November. However, he stressed that 1 December remains the final deadline, barring unforeseen complications.
The power plant has been offline since 1 April, when the final stage of its environmental overhaul began. The prolonged shutdown has placed considerable financial pressure on EPCG, which has spent nearly 80 million euros on electricity imports during this period. As a result, the company posted a loss of more than 90 million euros by the end of the third quarter.
Under the contract with the reconstruction contractors, 1 December is the official deadline for completing the ecological upgrade and restarting operations. EPCG had previously sought a mid-November commissioning date in an effort to accelerate the work, but Vračar confirmed that all activities remain within the agreed timeline.
The reconstruction is being carried out by a Chinese-Montenegrin consortium consisting of DEC International, Bemaks, Permonte and BB Solar, under a contract worth 85.9 million euros including VAT.
