The Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO) says that there is satisfactory competition on the Slovak energy market which could lower prices of electricity or gas for households.
The settlement of the additional payment resulting from privatisation is not subject to the current talks, since the state has not yet entered actively the purchase of Slovenske Elektrarne’s shares.
According to the ministry, the state will not agree with the sale of the shares before completing two nuclear blocks in Mochovce. The ministry has again not ruled out that the state will express interest in these shares in some stage of the sale.
The company Nafta is seeking the opportunities for further international projects and cooperation with new partners for survey and exploration of hydrocarbons.
After being taken over by the state, the hydropower plant Gabcikovo had to undergo a change and introduce new control systems. This entire transition under the new systems was secured by the Slovak dispatch centre Slovensky elektroenergeticku dispecing (SED) of the Slovak transmission system operator Slovenska elektrizacna prenosova sustava (SEPS).
The power utility Slovenske Elektrarne states that the photos used by Austrian activists to prove serious shortcomings in the NPP Mochovce project are on the verge of scaremongering.
According to the original information, the two Italian managers P.R. and N.C. have allegedly caused 22-million-euro damage to the dominant Slovak electricity producer.
The state-owned company Vodohospodarska Vystavba plans to seek the contractor for the general overhaul of the Gabcikovo hydro-power plant in international tender in early 2023.
The third unit of the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant reached the minimum controlled output and will shift from physical to power start-up once all the tests are completed.
The power producer Slovenske Elektrarne warns the government that it must prepare at least 14.2 billion euros if it decides to nationalize the electricity produced by them.