Separately, CEZ CFO Peter Voboril said that the company would meet its 2004 net income target of slightly above CZK 11 bn under Czech accounting standards (CZK 19 per share). Voboril added that the unusually high temperatures in January should negatively impact January sales, but there is no need to revise CEZ’s targets. The CEZ spokesman said that January sales may be 10% lower than last year (which was however unusually cold), nevertheless the current drop in temperatures and weather forecasts are more promising.
CEZ is evaluating if extending the operation of NPP Dukovany by at least ten years to 2035 would be profitable. After that CEZ would either remove it or build a new one with similar production capacities. Originally the plant was to be in operation until 2025.