Poland’s role in the preliminary deal is crucial as it will act as the primary link between the Baltics and the rest of Europe. the agreement was long overdue as it was unclear how best to cut ties with the Russian-Belorussian network . Estonia is the least reliant on energy imports oand is already selling its surplus energy statistics to the highest bidder, whereas Latvia and Lithuania both bring in over 50% of their power needs. Estonia and Latvia initially both favoured setting up a second alternating current (AC) connection with Poland to complement the existing LitPol link but Lithuania and Poland did not support that idea, despite studies showing that two AC connections would be best. Instead, Estonia and Latvia agreed to an undersea direct current (DC) link between Lithuania and Poland, provided the results of the ENTSO-E study are acceptable. Lithuania and Luxembourg became the first EU member states to agree on the transfer of renewable energy statistics in October 2017. Desynchronisation is particularly pressing for Lithuania, which has long objected to an under-construction nuclear power plant on its border with Belarus and which President Dalia Grybauskaitė last year called a “Russian geopolitical project”. within 50km of Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius  which is due to start coming online next year. the plantt  will help cut its reliance on Russian gas (currently around 95% annually), although it will exchange that particular dependence for an exclusive nuclear fuel contract with Russia