Energy Minister receives US Ambassador

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Minister of Energy D.Zorigt received Tuesday the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Mongolia Ms Piper Campbell. Mr Zorigt mentioned that the consultants of the US Agency for International Development has served in the development of Mongolia’s general legal document on Energy, the Law on Energy which was adopted in 2001, and cooperated actively in introducing to Mongolia’s energy sector the model of one purchaser and in establishing the Energy Adjustment Bureau. He said that the USA has made enormous contribution in settling the contemporary tariff system. The wind turbines of the General Electric have been operating normally since the commissioning of the Salkhit Wind Park, located in Sergelen soum of Tov aimag, added the Minister. “In regard of the upcoming implementation of the Second Millennium Challenge Account program, the Ministry intends to include its intention to establish Thermal Power Stations in ten aimag centers in the financial plan of the program” he said and requested the Ambassador’s support on this matter. He also asked the Ambassador to study the possibilities for the USA to share its practices with Mongolia on promoting energy sector with legal provisions, and to invite again the experts who co-developed the tariff system in Mongolia. Ms Campbell thanked the Minister for receiving her and expressed her satisfaction with the expansion of Mongolia-US relations in energy sectors. She also promised to pursue the requests of the Minister and put efforts to mobilize them.