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PPC Plan for New Plan Faces Local Opposition

The Public Power Corporation (PPC), Greece’s biggest electricity producer, is facing local resistance to its plans to build a plan in the town of Elefsina, west of Athens. Elefsina “states its opposition to the construction of a giant electricity production plant”, the municipal council said today in an e-mailed statement, citing a citizens’ group. Christos Christakis, a spokesman for the group and a local councilor, confirmed the statement in a telephone interview.
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Δευ, 21 Ιανουαρίου 2008 - 02:20

The proposed 880-megawatt, natural gas-fired generator would pollute the area, the council said. Elefsina will appeal any government decision to approve the plan, it said. PPC and steelmaker Halyvourgiki said earlier this month they intended to build the unit together. Halyvourgiki would own 51 percent of the venture and state-controlled PPC would own the rest. The utility produces more than 90 percent of Greece’s electricity. The company seeks minority partnerships to overcome regulatory hurdles that bar it from adding new capacity.

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