In the Hospodarske noviny daily, CEZ repeated that it plans to sell electricity in the Czech Republic for the same prices as in the EU by 2010. We expect the convergence of the domestic electricity price to the long-term sustainable level across Europe of EUR 42/MWh compared with EUR 35/MWh for 2006 (in the Czech Republic) by 2008. Electricity price increases will also depend on cross-border transmission capacity prices, which we expect to decrease going forward. Electricity prices in neighboring countries are 10-18% higher that in the Czech Republic.
CEZ and E.ON have filed a complaint with the Bulgarian supreme court against the State Regulation Committee (DKER), which is allowing CEZ and E.ON to increase electricity prices for corporations only by 13% and 16% respectively, instead of the 18% approved by the regulator earlier. Both companies claim that the lower price increases will endanger investments in the Bulgarian grid. CEZ will decrease investments (up to the end 2008) to EUR 68m from EUR 247m.
The Czech Republic has opened a registry for CO2 emission-allowance trading. The Czech Republic is the thirteenth country to open Emission-Allowance Trading.