Energy in Croatia
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CROATIA, 2013/09/05
Authorities in Kazakhstan are at loggerheads with business executives over a plan to introduce a carbon dioxide trading scheme for companies generating greenhouse gas emissions.
The government sees two benefits to the scheme -- a healthier environment and additional revenue for national coffers. But leaders of the country's business community, inclunding KazEnergy, a powerful alliance of energy producers, is opposing the plan, arguing that it would stifle economic increase and decrease Kazakh world competitiveness. Left largely unsaid is what the government would do with the additional revenue. In Transparency International’s most recent corruption index, Kazakhstan ranked 133 out of the 174 nations surveyed.
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CROATIA, 2013/08/04
HEP was the sole electricity supplier in Croatia until July 1, at the same time as the power market was liberalised under EU rules. Croatia's public electricity supplier, HEP, has cuts its price by 7 % since competitive firms entered the local electricity market on July 1, at the same time as Croatia joined the EU.
Slovenian supplier GEN-I again entered the market instantly, taking over the supply to government institutions with lowered prices in a public tender.
