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Posted on June 4, 2025
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Czech UOHS investigates a potential cartel among energy suppliers in a government auction for power plant construction aid.
PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech anti-monopoly office UOHS has started an investigation into a potential cartel agreement among three major Czech energy suppliers, it said on Wednesday.
A spokesman said the case followed up on an initial probe last year in a case when UOHS inspected premises of electricity producers CEZ, EPH and Veolia Energie over a government auction for state aid for building power plants.
UOHS was looking into whether the three companies coordinated bids in the auction meant to pick companies to build gas or biomass power and heat plants as part of a decarbonisation drive.
CEZ, EPH and Veolia did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
(Reporting by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
The UOHS is investigating a potential cartel agreement among three major Czech energy suppliers regarding their bids in a government auction for state aid.
The companies under investigation are CEZ, EPH, and Veolia Energie.
The auction was intended to select companies to build gas or biomass power and heat plants as part of a decarbonisation initiative.
CEZ, EPH, and Veolia did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the investigation.
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