The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Climate and the Environmental Protection Agency are working together with Eesti Energia to find a way to return the latter’s old electricity units to the market.Eesti Energia has promised to keep them in operation for up to 1,500 hours a year, which could lead to them being subject to less stringent environmental requirements.
“According to the current laws and regulations, there is a 1,500-hour rule for older units, and we are targeting that same rule,” said Lauri Karp, head of Eesti Energia subsidiary Enefit Power.By older units, Karp said he meant the third, fourth and sixth units of the Estonia power plant.
Karp said that on Wednesday, Eesti Energia representatives met with representatives of the Estonian Environmental Board, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Climate.
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