Czech NGO mounts legal challenge over ‘free’ ČEZ emissions

Top Czech electricity company’s bid for ‘free’ C02 emissions allocations – worth billions – is being challenged by a local environmental NGO

Energy & Green Biz

Chris Johnstone | 01.02.2012

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ČEZ’s Počerady power plant

A Czech environmental NGO believes it has firm grounds for challenging the bid by Czech power giant ČEZ for millions of “free” carbon emissions allocations worth billions of crowns and is ready to submit its arguments to the European Commission in Brussels, where the Czech allocations program must be approved. The Environmental Law Service (EPS) says it will also be disputing bids of other Czech-based companies.

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