Loyola de Palacio, the EU commissioner for transport and energy, said that CEZ’s Temelin nuclear power plant has been modernized and updated to the extent that its safety is on the same level as nuclear power plants in EU countries.
The Czech Republic will impose tariffs on imported electricity (EUR 1 per MWh), probably at the beginning of March, the Czech Press Agency reported yesterday. The tariffs could negatively effect some regional distributors due to the resulting increased price of imported electricity, but will have a positive impact on CEZ’s domestic market share after the expiration of current electricity import contracts.
(Jiri Soustruznik)