Brussels (Platts)--20Sep2007

The Baltic countries are still facing a power generation squeeze in 2010,
according to an update to the European Transmission System Operators' 2008-
2015 generation adequacy report Thursday. 

     Etso notes that the planned decommissioning of Lithuania's 1.3-GW
Ignalina-2 nuclear plant in 2009 would leave Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
with generation capacity margins below Etso's recommended levels for system 
stability in 2010. 

     But the planned expansion of fossil fuel generation in all Baltic
countries from 2010-2015 would bring them back above the recommended levels,
said Etso. 

     Etso published its first annual generation adequacy report in 2005 for
2007-2015, based on data and forecasts from grid associations UCTE (mainland 
Europe), Nordel (Nordic countries), ATSOI (Ireland) and UKTSOA (UK). 

     Data from the Baltic TSOs was included in 2006 for the 2008-2015 report,
and this latest update is based on the Baltic TSOs' August 2007 Baltic Grid
2025 study, said Etso.

     Etso is a trade association for Europe's power TSOs.