Our Way movement responds to Armenian premier`s statement on ENA

ArmInfo.  The Our Way movement responded to RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement regarding the situation in Armenia's power grid.

Speaking at a briefing on January 8, Pashinyan blamed the previous  management of the grid for frequent power outages during the New Year  holidays. He claimed that without the management change at ENA CJSC,  the number of outages would have been three times higher. The prime  minister noted that the processes initiated since May of last year  are the result of ENA failing to fulfill its investment obligations.

In response to this statement, Marianna Kagramanyan, press secretary  of the Our Way movement, noted that there isn't a single family left  in the country that Pashinyan hasn't deceived. She wondered why  similar outages didn't occur last year, but have occurred this year.  "There's one reason: an incompetent network manager was appointed,  who banned scheduled maintenance at many locations and fired energy  specialists in almost all districts of the city," Marianna  Kagramanyan noted.

The press secretary added that of the 45 billion drams planned for  last year, 25 billion drams were invested, meaning the planned  targets were clearly underfulfilled. "He himself hasn't shown his  best side. Pashinyan doesn't understand anything about energy, he's a  weak leader, and he's not an expert in the field," Marianna  Kagramanyan noted.

As a reminder, on November 17 of last year, the Public Services  Regulatory Commission (PSRC) revoked Electric Networks of Armenia  (ENA) CJSC's electricity transmission license. The decision listed  violations the commission found in ENA's operations. Specifically, in  one case, the company overstated 134,800 kWh, and in another, it  failed to account for 11,300 kWh. Several thousand new subscriber  connections were also overdue, and the total number of loan  guarantees secured by ENA's assets approached $690 million. The  deteriorating electricity supply indicators continued, with the  average duration of service increases by 4.2%. On June 18, law  enforcement agencies arrested and subsequently remanded in custody  Samvel Karapetyan, a prominent businessman and head of the Tashir  Group of Companies, on charges of calling for the overthrow of the  constitutional order. On December 30, 2025, the court replaced  Karapetyan's preventive measure with house arrest. Following the  businessman's arrest, the authorities effectively took control of ESA  from the Karapetyan family, appointing Romanos Petrosyan, a member of  the Civil Contract party, as interim manager.

On December 27, 2025, entire districts of Yerevan were without power  due to a fire at a substation, resulting in two days of blackouts in  the Erebuni district.