The electricity sector in Georgia - Transmission

The transmission network in Georgia has been one of the major weaknesses of the electricity system. Much of the capacity is already utilised, and construction of the larger planned HPPs (Khodoni, Namakhvani and Oni) will require significant investments in new transmission capacity, especially for eventual exports to the Turkish market.

There are currently two companies providing electricity transmission services in Georgia, the state owned Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE), which operates the 300, 220, and 110 networks, and some of the 35 kV lines, and JSC Sakrusenergo (50% owned by RAO UES and 50% by the Georgian State), which owns the 500-kV line running across the country from West to East.

GSE is also responsible for dispatch of electricity and is in the process of modernizing the dispatch system through the installation of SCADA (System for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition).

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