Kazakhstan has enough energy reserve capacity:Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources

ASTANA. January 12. KAZINFORM /Zauresh Balkenova/ ?At present, the country's energy reserves have sufficient capacity due to reduction in electricity consumption by large enterprises of the republic". Kazakh Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Sauat Mynbayev has said today at the telephone conference of the Government, Kazinform reports.

?In accordance with the data, generation of electricity increased by 4.8% in 2008, comparing to 2007 and amounted to 80.5 bln kilowatt per hour. Consumption amounted to 80.6 bln kilowatt per hour?, S.Mynbayev said. But he noted that "the last two months of 2008, electricity consumption has decreased" due to reduction in energy consumption by large enterprises. In general, according to the Head of the Ministry, Kazakhstan has certain reserves of electricity.