08 June 2004 23:52
Economy ministry not given genco meeting protocol
MOSCOW. June 8 (Interfax) - The Economic Development Ministry has not received a protocol containing the instructions
resulting from a June 2 meeting on generating companies (gencos), Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Andrei
Sharonov said.
The meeting, which was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov, looked at genco auction methods, the merger
of four hydropower gencos into one company and discussed the Sayano-Shushenskaya, Boguchansk and Krasnoyarsk hydropower
plants.
Asked whether directives on gencos would be drafted before the
Unified Energy System board meeting on June 25, Sharonov said that
Sharonov said he did not know why the Economic Development Ministry had not received the protocol.
without the government's position, the ministry would be unable to draft the corresponding directives.
However, the ministry still considers that the gencos should be offered at special money auctions, he said. [RU ASIA
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