EU to work with Baltic states on decoupling from Russian power grid

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The European Commission will work with the three Baltic states to link their electricity grids to the EU through Poland by 2025 and achieve energy independence from Russia, its energy commissioner said on Thursday.

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which were all part of the Soviet Union, want to reduce their dependence on Russian energy by decoupling from the Integrated Power System (IPS) of Russia and Belarus even though Russia has never cut power flows or threatened to do so.