Djedovic Handanovic: No talk of privatisation of EPS

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic says there will be sufficient energy supplies for small consumers and businesses in 2024 and that there are no plans for electricity and gas price increases this year, and notes that reforms at the national electric power company EPS will be continued and that there is no talk of its privatisation.

Having diversified alternative energy supply sources and routes is one of the goals, especially when it comes to natural gas and crude oil, on whose imports we depend on, the minister told Tanjug.

She said a third new unit at the Kostolac coal-fired power plant was due to be launched in March or April as Serbia's first new power generation facility in almost 40 years.

She said she also expected in 2024 a completion of documentation and talks about financial arrangements to build the...