The Cabinet on Monday had a heated discussion on the issue, which lasted around an hour and a half.
"We had a very detailed discussion on how much electricity Lithuania should generate on its own to ensure the reliability of power supply and the stability of the system. We decided to stick to the production output target of 1.53 terawatt-hours for 2013. This year we produced about 27 percent of our electricity and imported the remainder," Arvydas Sekmokas told reporters after the Cabinet's meeting.
"This level has caused no security problems to us so far. That production level would ensure sufficient security," he said.
Sekmokas said that Lithuania imports more electricity and primary energy resources than any other EU member state, which creates a difficult situation in terms of the security of supply, he said.
"We border other countries with a power deficit, Latvia and Belarus. In case of a crisis situation or supply constraints, we would compete with Latvia and Belarus for electricity supply," the minister said.
The Cabinet decided on Monday that the state-controlled electricity transmission system operator Litgrid will have to determine, on an annual basis, the amount of electricity necessary to be generated by the country's power plants in order to ensure the security of power supply.
EPSO-G, a company controlled by the Energy Ministry, holds a 97.5 percent stake in Litgrid, which is quoted on the Secondary List of the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius stock exchange.
