GSE’s Onise Chichinadze explains how Georgia’s Guarantees of Origin system works, why certification matters even in a renewable-heavy power system, and how closer integration with European frameworks could create new opportunities for generators, exporters and corporate buyers.

Georgia’s electricity system links western hydropower, eastern gas-fired generation, cross-border interconnectors and two main distribution networks. Here is how power moves through the country—and why keeping the system balanced matters as much as producing enough electricity.

Georgia’s energy regulator says protection and disconnection mechanisms may not have operated as intended during the second nationwide system outage in July.

Preliminary findings show that Georgia’s power system became isolated from Azerbaijan before frequency and voltage fell to critical levels, triggering cascading outages.