RACAN: AGREEMENT ON KRSKO TO BE SIGNED WEDNESDAY

ZAGREB, Dec 17 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan on Monday announced that an agreement on the joint Krsko nuclear power plant would probably be signed with Slovenia on Wednesday, and an agreement with representatives of the Bosnian electrical industry on Croatia's investments into power facilities in Bosnia- Herzegovina would be signed on Friday. "If all goes well, the agreement (on the Krsko nuclear power plant) would definitely be signed on Wednesday thus dotting the Is and crossing the Ts as far as the joint usage of electricity from Krsko is concerned," Racan told the Croatian Radio on Monday. Racan said he expected representatives of the Croatian electric industry (HEP) to finally reach an agreement with representatives of the Bosnian electric industry, and thus materialise Croatian investments into electric power facilities in Tuzla and others, all through electricity which Croatia would be receiving from Bosnia- Herzegovina. Racan hopes an agreement to that effect would be signed in Sarajevo on Friday. He dismissed claims about a possible disaster in the Croatian electric industry because of the cold and significantly higher consumption. I expect no catastrophic situations, Racan said. He added that the government was following the situation in the electric power system, and added there was no need then, nor was there now, for the forming of a crisis centre. The prime minister announced the possibility of the price of electricity going up. With a minimal rise, the price of electricity must follow the movement of prices on the global market, Racan said. (hina) lml