The Cabinet approved the bill on the protection of the assets in the gas industry on Wednesday. The economy ministry wants to protect the gas utility SPP from so-called Ducky’s promissory notes.
Michal Krajcir says that the reason for removing the amendment to the Act on Support for Renewable Sources is the finding that the arguments are untrue and even mislead.
Director General of VUJE Matej Korec considers the statements made by Italian manager Mario Zadra in regard with high danger of nuclear units exaggerating.
MPs for Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) proposed the cancellation of the economy ministry’s right to impose an obligation on the electricity producer to generate electricity from national coal under the general economic interest.
The amendment proposed by the opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) laid down an obligation for the regulator to publish all its pricing decision for monopolies in power energy, gas, heat and water sectors on its website.
The opposition MPs failed to push through the amendment under which the profit from providing network services by the operator of the transmission network could only be used to reimburse projected costs for network services.
A sum of 40 million euros has been set aside in the next year’s draft state budget for reducing electricity prices for energy-intensive companies instead of original sum of 80 million euros.
Under the draft budget for the next year, the spending of the Economy Ministry is projected for 428 million euros. In the year-on-year comparison, this represents an increase of 172 million euros.
MPs representing the liberal party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) are proposing the amendment to the Act on Regulation in Network Industries under which the profit from the provision of network services by the operator of the transmission grid would be used exclusively for the reimbursement of planned costs for network services.
The government led by Robert Fico took over the hydropower plant Gabcikovo from Slovenske Elektrarne more than three years ago partly due to alleged unwillingness to carry out its general overhaul.