Russia to cut off electricity to Finland as an attempt to threaten them

[applegrove]

not to join NATO. They claim there is a problem with payments but that is not true. CNN

[RockRaven]

1. And the lesson Finland will learn is to reorient their electricity supply/use to never buy a single

kilowatt hour from Russia in the future. Heckuva job, Pootie!

[Demovictory9]

8. Yep.

[pwb]

2. Less revenue is a good idea little guy.

Please proceed.

[Nevilledog]

3. "There is no threat to the adequacy of electricity in Finland."

Link to tweet

Tweet text:

John FitzGerald
@TheTweetOfJohn
"There is no threat to the adequacy of electricity in Finland.” Power from Russia accounts for only 10% of Finland's total power consumption. Missing imports can be replaced by importing more electricity from Sweden and partly also by domestic production.

reuters.com
Russia's Inter RAO to halt power exports to Finland due lack of payment
Russian utility Inter RAO will stop exporting electricity to Finland from Saturday at 0100 local-time (Friday at 2200 GMT), the Finnish grid company said on Friday.
9:07 AM · May 13, 2022

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-inter-rao-halt-power-exports-finland-due-lack-payment-2022-05-13/

[hunter]

5. ah, you got it first.

[Nevilledog]

6. Great minds and all that

[hunter]

4. Reuters article:

HELSINKI, May 13 (Reuters) - Russian state-owned utility Inter RAO (IRAO.MM) will stop exporting electricity to Finland from Saturday because it has not been paid, the company's Finnish subsidiary said on Friday.

Inter RAO has not received payments for electricity sold via pan-European power exchange Nord Pool since May 6, the subsidiary said, without giving any reason.

"This situation is exceptional and happened for the first time in over twenty years of our trading history," RAO Nordic, said in a statement.

--more--

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-inter-rao-halt-power-exports-finland-due-lack-payment-2022-05-13/

This is about 10% of Finland's consumption.

Unit three of Finland's long delayed Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant ought to be starting commercial operation soon, which will cover this loss.

Finland had contracted with Russia to build a different nuclear plant but Putin's stupid war ended that.

Fennovoima pulls the plug on Russian-built nuclear plant

Finnish energy company Fennovoima has terminated its contract with Russian state firm Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant on Finland's west coast.

The company cited significant delays and Rosatom's "inability to deliver the project", and added that the war in Ukraine has further exacerbated the risks of the project.

--more--

https://yle.fi/news/3-12425648

[BootinUp]

7. Putin doesn't play 3d chess. He plays doom

And he’s about to run out of lives.

[Efilroft Sul]

9. Honest Finland is the only country that paid back all its World War I debts to the United States.

It took that nation until July 30, 1975 to repay us, but it did.

In short, Finland doesn't shirk on payments, Vlad.

[Grins]

10. I think that was Denmark.

[Efilroft Sul]

11. Found the NYT archive link about Finland.

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/30/archives/good-news-from-finns-on-word-war-i-debt.html#:~:text=Finland%2C%20long%20known%20as%20the%20only%20country%20which,States%2C%20is%20making%20its%20final%20payment%20of%20%243%E2%80%90million.

[Raine]

12. Oh sure that will work 🙄

to harden Finland's resolve to join NATO!