The EU Commission approves Greek commitments to remove the distortion created by the state-owned electricity provider's exclusive access to lignite-fired generation (PPC)

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10 Sep 2021

The EU Commission approves Greek commitments to remove the distortion created by the state-owned electricity provider’s exclusive access to lignite-fired generation (PPC)

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EU Commission, PPC, Press release, 10 September 2021

Antitrust: Commission approves Greek measures to increase access to electricity for PPC's competitors* The European Commission has made legally binding, under EU antitrust rules, measures proposed by Greece to allow the competitors of Public Power Corporation (PPC), the Greek state-owned electricity incumbent, to purchase more electricity on a longer-term basis. Greece submitted these measures to remove the distortion created by PPC's exclusive access to lignite-fired generation, which the Commission and Union courts had found to create an inequality of opportunity in Greek electricity markets. The proposed remedies will lapse when existing lignite plants stop operating commercially (which is currently expected by 2023) or, at the latest, by 31 December 2024. Executive

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European Commission, The EU Commission approves Greek commitments to remove the distortion created by the state-owned electricity provider’s exclusive access to lignite-fired generation (PPC), 10 September 2021, e-Competitions Remedies for unilateral conduct, Art. N° 102209

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