The Slovak natural gas carrier, Eustream, therefore does not consider the suspension of Russian gas imports to be appropriate among the other measures that the EU can adopt against Russia amid the war in Ukraine.
If the new tax is eventually approved, Slovenske Elektrarne will certainly stop the completion of the fourth unit of the Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant. The commissioning of the third unit is also in jeopardy.
The Cabinet also agreed to a proposal that the bill be discussed in a fast-track legislative procedure because it shall take effect as of March 1, 2022.
The Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic (UJD) has released the documents for the final permit for commissioning of the third nuclear unit in Mochovce.
It is unclear when Mochovce project could receive the final permit for the commissioning of the third unit from the UJD. The director of the UJD did not want to specify it either.
Economy Ministry’s State Secretary Karol Galek said in an interview for the SITA newswire, the project of the new nuclear installation, on which the company Jadrova Energeticka Spolocnost Slovenska (JESS) is working, is still alive.
Economy Minister Richard Sulik says that the state has no intention to exercise the right of first refusal during the sale of Stredoslovenska Energetika Holding.
The Slovak gas transmission system operator plans adjustments that will make its network technologically ready for blending up to 5 percent of hydrogen into the transported natural gas.
The new energy poverty concept should formulate conditions and rules that will enable to precisely define an energy poor household, a system of social assistance and financial support for these households.