"Electricity supply now covers the entire country," President Ilham Aliyev said during his speech at the meeting dedicated to the 2026-2035 State Program on improving water supply, wastewater, and stormwater systems in the city of Baku and the Absheron Peninsula.
The head of state noted: "We have entered a completely new stage. I recently touched upon this issue at the opening of a new wind power plant. Our energy generation capacity exceeds our needs. We are even exporting electricity. There was a time when there were serious problems in this area and an energy shortage. We even had to import electricity from abroad. Today, as a result of the measures we have taken, new generation capacity has been put in place — it currently stands at 10,000 megawatts. At the same time, substations, transmission lines, and the distribution network — all these elements — have been integrated into a single system. Most of the shortcomings in this area have been eliminated. Today, we are thinking not only about our own energy needs — we can consider that this issue has been resolved — but also about export routes. And not just thinking: we are creating them. In a few years, Azerbaijan will be exporting electricity to world markets at the same level as it is currently exporting oil and gas and contributing to the energy security of a number of countries. I should note that serious negotiations are currently underway with neighboring states and with our own companies, as well as companies from neighboring countries, to achieve this."
Elektrik enerjisi ilə təchizat bütün ölkəni əhatə etmişdir. pic.twitter.com/VJ73xOl9jr
— İlham Əliyev (@azpresident) January 12, 2026
