LJUBLJANA, June 30 (Hina) - Slovenia will entirely manage electricity from the Krsko nuclear power plant it co-owns with Croatia until further notice.
LJUBLJANA, June 30 (Hina) - Slovenia will entirely manage
electricity from the Krsko nuclear power plant it co-owns with
Croatia until further notice. #L#
Neither the Croatian nor the Slovene parliament have ratified a
deal on the Slovenia-located plant. Moreover, the Croatian power
company HEP has turned down a Slovene government offer to take
electricity from Krsko at the price of 29.697 euros per MW/h
starting Monday.
The deadline for the ratification of the Krsko deal, so that it
might go into force on July 1, expires at midnight on Sunday, as does
the offer to HEP.
A representative of the power plant told the Slovene news agency STA
on Sunday they were acquainted with HEP's stand that Croatian
representatives disagreed with the inclusion of dismantling costs
in the price of the kilowatt.
In the Slovene parliament, the ratification of the deal divided the
Janez Drnovsek government and the opposition, which blocked
ratification by sending the document to the Constitutional Court.
The deal was not ratified in the Croatian parliament either, due to
lack of quorum. The document is opposed by the opposition and has
caused the latest crisis in the ruling five-party coalition.
July 1 activates all legal demands HEP has filed against Krsko for
non-delivered electricity over the past four years, according to
Slovene Environmental Protection and Zoning Minister Janez Kopac.
These demands amount to US$180 million, minus interest.
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