About fifty heat producers asked the Regulatory Office for Network Industries (URSO) to approve their new price proposals. URSO spokesman Miroslav Lupták told the SITA newswire that heat facilities were demanding a gradual price hike of 3 percent on average from March 1. There are about 450 heat producers in Slovakia.
The Slovak Association of Heat Producers (SZVT), which comprises 76 heat suppliers, held talks with the gas utility Slovenský Plynárenský Priemysel, a.s. (SPP) last week about natural gas prices, which constitute about 65 percent of heat prices. According to SZVT, the results of talks should be known this week.
Chairman of SZVT Board of Directors Miroslav Obšívaný told SITA on January 28 that, according to calculations, heat producers estimated heat price growth of up to 3.5 percent from March 1, 2008. SITA
Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
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