The limitation of the percentages of the State in the shareholding structure of PPC SA, by increasing the share capital of the company, following a decision of the Board of Directors, is a confirmation of a pre-announced development.
It is pointless to go into detail about the privatization efforts that have taken place in recent years. But after 2016, with the transfer of the percentages of the State to PPC SA, at the Superfund and the HRDH, as well as hundreds of other national assets in technocratic institutions, whose composition of administrations and the way they make decisions go beyond national political control, The evolution of the reduction of the percentage of the State in the shareholding structure of PPC SA was expected. This is because the prevailing view at both EU level, as well as in national, is that in conditions of competition the citizen enjoys better services and prices.
I will approach the issue from a purely local point of view, self-governing point of view, avoiding references related to national energy policy, the security of the country's supply and the utilization of our national fuel, of lignite.
It is a fact, that the Public Electricity Company in recent years has not reserved to the Municipality of Kozani any privileged treatment, despite, that its greatest productive activity was concentrated within its administrative boundaries, with everything,what this entails for an environmental burden (70.000 acres were expropriated by PPC SA within the administrative boundaries of the Municipality and almost 2800 MW of installed power generation). The reference only to the way of dealing with the relocation of Akrini and the blocking of DEYAK accounts, in order to force it to settle debts, όταν μάλιστα ποτέ άλλοτε δεν έπραξε κάτι ανάλογο, αποδεικνύει ότι η συμπεριφορά της ΔΕΗ ΑΕ απέναντι στον Δήμο δεν ήταν η αρμόζουσα προς έναν δημόσιο φορέα.
It is worth mentioning three special points.
—The issue of electricity prices in our country has recently reached alarming proportions. In my opinion, it is inconceivable that the pricing control of energy should be determined only by the private sector.. Without the interventionist and regulatory role of the state in the control and without restraint of the electricity tariffs, I am very afraid, that its price will reach heights inaccessible to the unemployed and economically weak citizens resulting in their condemnation to energy poverty.
—The second point concerns de-ligation, the process of transition of the region to a new development and productive model. The position of PPC SA in the area is dominant. I mentioned above the size of her property and its facilities in the area. The productive utilization of these lands, the investment reception, soil restorations, the pending relocation of Akrini, new investments in RES, the productive utilization of the new Ptolemaida V unit, are issues, which in my opinion are best served by a business, in which the State has the majority shareholding.
—Τέλος το συνυπογραφέν μνημόνιο για τις τηλεθερμάνσεις Πτολεμαΐδας, Αμυνταίου και Κοζάνης και τα συμφωνηθέντα σε αυτό θα υπηρετούνται σαφώς καλύτερα, both institutionally and in the field of implementation, if there is a majority shareholding in PPC SA.
Είναι προφανές ότι το τοπικό συμφέρον, which depends on the presence and activity of PPC in the area, εξυπηρετείται πολύ καλύτερα στην περίπτωση που το δημόσιο κατέχει τη μετοχική πλειοψηφία.
Συνεπώς η απόφαση του ΔΣ της ΔΕΗ ΑΕ δεν υπηρετεί το συμφέρον του τόπου και των κατοίκων του. For this reason, the ongoing developments find us clearly opposed and of course our position is on the side of the employees and the claim of the interests of our place..
