Slovakia is facing the energy poverty
Week in Slovakia
Monday – 16th January 2012
In Šamorín will be built a biogas plant. The privat investor invests to the construction of 1 MW biogas plant 4.5 million EUR. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Tuesday – 17th January 2012
The company SPP has managed to sign an amendment to the contract with Gazprom. The new amendment revises the contract – the price of gas has to reflect current market trends. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
ZSE Distribution received from the Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic fine valued at 150 thousand EUR. The company had abused its dominant position by charging unreasonably high fees for higher standard deduction meter registers. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Wednesday – 18th January 2012
The company Slovenské elektrárne allocated contracts without tenders. Slovak dominant electricity producer attributed directly contract to company Trnava Progseis and state enterprise Vodohospodárska výstavba. The value of the orders stands at 1.3 million EUR. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
The biogas plant will be not in Hlboke. The úrivate investors withdrew from the plan of its construction. The reason is the negative campaign in the village and the opposition of most members of the municipal council. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Thursday – 19th January 2012
The representatives from Yukos International, from which Slovakia bought in 2009 a minority stake, went to the Amsterdam District Court. They request to consider from Slovakia their right to the disposal of the purchase price 240 million USD. The purchase price is currently on the blocked account. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
The energy poverty is relatively new topic, but we have to debate seriously about it. We do not know how to define and describe it, because we have not quality energy policy, said the Jozef Holjenčík form Regulatory Office for Network Industries. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
The company SPP will supply electricity to small and medium-sized enterprises from April. The dominant player on the gas market has become an alternative electricity supplier. It will supply electricity to business customers and the company wants to offer to new clients a particular lower price than traditional electricity suppliers. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
Friday – 20th January 2012
Parliamentary Economic Committee was not quorate. Chief of the Committee Stanislav Janiš was disappointed because they had to negotiate the important energy laws. They will introduce into the Slovak legislation the third energy liberalization package. (more information – automatic translation via Google Translate)
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