The chairman of still the strongest political party Robert Fico is silent about the completion of Mochovce NPP – the project which once had his strong and clear support.
The nuclear disposal levy paid by electricity consumers was raised according to inflation every year. As of this year, the government determines the levy amount.
Hungarian energy group MOL raised its share in the refinery Slovnaft from 98.56 % to 98.72 % within a voluntary takeover bid. The company denies any suspicions of manipulation.
Electricity consumers supported the generation of electricity from renewable sources and cogeneration with a sum of 475.5 million euros in their electricity bills in 2018.
Last week, Czech energy group CEZ was the first company which started considering its absence in the final stage of the sale of a 66-percent stake in the power utility Slovenske Elektrarne. Prime Minister’s statements that he will to let Italians leave Slovakia are to be blamed.
Slovak Prime Minister may award himself with a green card for knotting the sale of Slovenske Elektrarne thanks to what he may come out as the winner of this matter. This will surely be helpful ahead of parliamentary elections.
Ukraine has appealed to the European Union over an agreement between Slovak gas carrier Eustream and Russia’s Gazprom, which, according to Kiev violates EU law.
Newly appointed economy minister who was behind „the state takeover“ of the hydropower plant in Gabcikovo wants to purchase Slovenske Elektrarne’s shares.
The project has reached two significant milestones – EIA and the important certificate for modification of compressor station in Velke Kapusany, which is a part of the Slovak-Polish gas pipeline, from the economy ministry.
The investor of the new nuclear power plant in Jaslovske Bohunice will be obliged to meet more than 130 conditions and measures during the implementation of the project as well as during the operation of the nuclear power plant.
The number of the accused persons has not increased since autumn 2015. The police have accused six people, five of in particular serious crime of violation of the obligation when administering someone else’s property and misrepresentation of financial and trade records.
More than 100 years ago, natural gas and oil deposits were found in Zahorie. Slovakia has mined about 26.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 3.7 million tons of oil and 0.4 million tons of gasoline since the beginning of the hydrocarbons extraction.
Electricity consumers are to pay almost 71 million euros for decommissioning nuclear installations and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste via this year’s bills. It was more than 67 million euros last year.
Josef Viskupic, Eduard Heger (both OLaNO-NOVA) and Karol Galek (SaS) proposed so that large heat producers were not allowed to participate in the construction proceeding for the construction of residential boiler rooms.
Although the state budget for the years 2016-2018 expects consumers to pay 71 million eurso for a so-called back-end fuel cycle this year, which is roughly 4 million euros more than last year, the company JAVYS states that this sum may be different in the end.