Tag Archives: Energy Minister

The subsidy on household electricity tariffs was set at 1.4 cents per kilowatt-hour for September, Energy and Environment Minister Theodoros Skylakakis said in an interview with MEGA TV on Tuesday. As he said in this way, the retail prices (based on the tariffs announced on Sunday by the providers) will …

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Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas issued a recommendation for citizens to reduce electricity consumption by 5% as Greece is obliged to do according to EU member-states agreement. “Greece in the coming months has a goal to reduce energy consumption during peak hours by at least 5%. So the effort of all …

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EU Energy Ministers reached a political agreement on measures to mitigate high electricity prices: mandatory electricity reduction at 5% in peak hours, cap on market revenues from inframarginal electricity producers and solidarity contribution from fossil fuels producers, the Czech Republic that is currently holding the rotating EU Presidency said in …

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“We will support natural gas consumers this winter against the explosive increase in prices,” Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said on SKAI television on Sunday morning, in response to questions about the 700,000 households using natural gas in Greece. “The prime minister’s orders are to examine scenarios for supporting …

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The Energy Regulatory Authority must revoke the licenses for wind turbines it has approved for Istiea, in fire-devastated northern Evia, Environment & Energy Minsiter Kostas Skrekas demanded in a letter on Monday. In a letter to the authority’s president, Athanassios Dagoumas, the minister expressed his surprise at the decision, stressing …

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Panagiotis Lafazanis, energy minister in the first SYRIZA government, claimed he had agreed with Moscow in 2015 that Russia would make a down-payment for a gas pipeline so that the money could be used to finance rexit if the country would decide to leave the euro zone. Lafazanis told Vima …

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I know, I know. And the Greek government ministers know it. That by signing the July and August3. bailout agreements, Greece committed to privatize everything that belongs to the state and has the privilege to stand, swim or crawl in Greece. But now, a week after the elections, Energy Minister …

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Greece plans to invest $2 billion in the construction of Gazprom’s Turkish Stream natural gas project. A memorandum on the political support of the project is reportedly to be signed late June during the International Economic Forum. “A memorandum on political support for the gas pipeline project will be prepared …

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