The Government has authorized the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid to implement the project of the synchronization of Lithuania’s power grid with the Continental European Electricity Network by 2020. The synchronization of the country’s electricity system with the European network is the strategic objective of Lithuania's energy, as enshrined in both the current and the revised National Energy Strategy.

The power grid synchronization will enable our country to operate the system on the equal footing with the other operating Western European power systems. The Lithuanian energy infrastructure, the electricity market and grid management will be integrated into the Western European electricity system. This will result in moving over to the European standards of power grid management.

Having in its energy system the operating Visaginas nuclear power plant – an effective, modern and powerful source for electricity generation – Lithuania will be able to meet its domestic electricity demands and be fully integrated part of the European, rather than the Russian, network.