According to the ministry, roughly 1.5 million gas consumers in Slovakia will rely, among other things, on gas supplies in underground storage facilities.
The Slovak economy ministry says that the recast EC regulation on the internal market for electricity may have a negative impact on EU member state’s right to select its own energy mix.
Producers of electricity from renewable energy sources or cogeneration must notify the Regulatory Office for Network Industries and the distribution company about the estimated amount of electricity supplies by August 15.
In roughly two years, policemen have initiated the criminal proceeding against six people in connection with the privatization of Slovakia’s dominant electricity producer.
The current MP and the former economy and agriculture minister Lubomir Jahnatek has won the selection procedure at the economy ministry. There were three other candidates.
Bohumil Kratochvil, the chairman of Slovenske Elektrarne’s Board and Jozef Perlik, Director General of Skoda JS are convinced that the completion of Mochovce blocks is on the right track.
Miroslav Obert, chairman of SEPS says that the power transmission line between Velke Kapusany in Slovakia and Mukachevo in Ukraine may present a significant trade link between Europe and Ukraine in the future.