Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Jan. 25 / Trend, D. Azizov /
Muzaffardzhan Khakimov, former director of Energosotish (Energosbyt), was appointed by a decision of the government to the post of Uzbekenergo State Joint Stock Company's Deputy Chairman for economic issues, a source in the government circles told Trend.
By presidential decree, Iskandar Basit, who previously worked as the first deputy chairman of Uzbekenergo replaced Batyrdzhan Teshabaev as the company's Chairman of the Board in December of last year.
There is currently no acting deputy at the company.
Uzbekenergo was founded in 2001 as an open joint stock company. The company consists of 53 enterprises and organizations, including 16 power plants, Uzbekugol JSC, and companies for the planning, production, and sale of electricity.
More than 98 percent of the electricity generated in Uzbekistan originated in Uzbekenergo power plants.
Uzbekistan increased electricity generation to 52.534 billion kilowatt-hours in 2012, up 0.2 percent in comparison to 2011.